Where does “Ecuador” come from?

Ecuador (Dutch) comes 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 “Ecuador”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	ecuador	equator
2	Medieval Latin	aequator	equalizer; equator; second-person singular future...
3	Latin	aequō	to equalize, make equal to something else, equate
4	Latin	æquus	equal
5	Latin	vocāre	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	wekʷ-	to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “Ecuador”

Ecuadoraan

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →