Where does “ekvatora” come from?
ekvatora (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ekvatoro, from Russian эква́тор, from German Äquator, from Latin aequātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
ekvatora (Esperanto): equatorial
Definitions
- equatorial
Ancestry of “ekvatora”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ekvatoro | equator |
| 2 | Russian | эква́тор | equator (circle around the earth) |
| 3 | German | Äquator | equator |
| 4 | Latin | aequātor | coin inspector or assayer |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |