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Where does “ekwatoriaal” come from?

ekwatoriaal (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch equatoriaal, from French équatorial, from Latin aequatorialis, from Latin aequātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

ekwatoriaal (Afrikaans): equatorial

Definitions

  1. equatorial

Ancestry of “ekwatoriaal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchequatoriaal—
2Frenchéquatorialequatorial
3Latinaequatorialisequatorial
4Latinaequātor—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →