Where does “Ecuadorian” come from?

Ecuadorian comes from English Ecuador, from Latin -ianus, from Latin -ius, from Latin -tor, from Latin aequus meaning equal, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Italic -os.

Ecuadorian (English): A person from Ecuador or of Ecuadorian descent;...

Definitions

  1. A person from Ecuador or of Ecuadorian descent;...

Ancestry of “Ecuadorian”, 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 →