Where does “équatorial” come from?

équatorial (French) comes from Latin aequatorialis, from Latin aequātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

équatorial (French): equatorial

Definitions

  1. equatorial

Ancestry of “équatorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaequatorialisequatorial
2Latinaequātorcoin inspector or assayer
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “équatorial”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin aequātor →