Where does “厄瓜多” come from?
厄瓜多 (Chinese) comes from English Ecuador, from Spanish ecuador, from Medieval Latin aequator, from Latin aequō, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
Ancestry of “厄瓜多”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Ecuador | — |
| 2 | Spanish | ecuador | equator |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | aequator | equalizer; equator; second-person singular future... |
| 4 | Latin | aequō | — |
| 5 | Latin | æquus | — |
| 6 | Latin | vocāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |