Where does “ekvatoro” come from?
ekvatoro (Esperanto) comes 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.
ekvatoro (Esperanto): equator
Definitions
- equator
Ancestry of “ekvatoro”, step by step
ekvatoro traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian эква́тор
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | эква́тор | equator (circle around the earth) |
| 2 | German | Äquator | equator |
| 3 | Latin | aequātor | coin inspector or assayer |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English equator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | equator | An imaginary great circle around the Earth,... |
| 2 | Late Latin | ([[circulus]]) [[aequator]] ([[diei]] [[et]] [[noctis]]) | — |
via French Équateur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Équateur | equator imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere |