Where does “Ecuadorean” come from?

Ecuadorean (English) 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.

Ecuadorean (English): Alternative spelling of Ecuadorian

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of Ecuadorian

Ancestry of “Ecuadorean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEcuador—
2Spanishecuadorequator
3Medieval Latinaequatorequalizer; equator; second-person singular future...
4Latinaequōto equalize, make equal to something else, equate
5Latinæquusequal
6Latinvocāre—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →