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Where does “Afro-Ecuadorian” come from?

Afro-Ecuadorian (English) comes from Spanish afroecuatoriano, from Spanish ecuatoriano, 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.

Afro-Ecuadorian (English): A person who is both Ecuadorian and black; Of or...

Definitions

  1. A person who is both Ecuadorian and black; Of or...

Ancestry of “Afro-Ecuadorian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishafroecuatorianoAfro-Ecuadorian
2SpanishecuatorianoEcuadorian
3Spanishecuadorequator
4Medieval Latinaequatorequalizer; equator; second-person singular future...
5Latinaequō—
6Latinæquus—
7Latinvocāre—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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