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

Definitions

  1. celestial equator

Ancestry of “ĉielekvatoro”, step by step

ĉielekvatoro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto ĉiela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoĉielaheavenly, celestial; done in every way/manner
2Esperantoĉielin every manner, in every way
3Esperantoĉihere; just mentioned, the latter; here, this
4Frenchcihere; this
5Latinecce hichere (emphatic)
6Latinhīcthis; these in the plural
7Latinheic
8Latinhicthis; these in the plural
9Proto-Italichek(e)
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
14Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
15Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Esperanto ekvatoro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoekvatoroequator
2Russianэква́торequator (circle around the earth)
3GermanÄquatorequator
4Latinaequātorcoin inspector or assayer
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτοςEvery word from Old Church Slavonic китъEvery word from Russian кит