Where does “ĉielekvatoro” come from?
ĉielekvatoro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉiela, from Esperanto ĉiel, from Esperanto ĉi, from French ci, from Latin ecce hic, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.
ĉielekvatoro (Esperanto): celestial equator
Ancestry of “ĉielekvatoro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ĉiela | heavenly, celestial; done in every way/manner |
| 2 | Esperanto | ĉiel | in every manner, in every way |
| 3 | Esperanto | ĉi | here; just mentioned, the latter; here, this |
| 4 | French | ci | here; this |
| 5 | Latin | ecce hic | — |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | — |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |