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Where does “équatorien” come from?

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

équatorien (French): Ecuadorian

Definitions

  1. Ecuadorian

Ancestry of “équatorien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchÉquateur—
2Latinaequātor—
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “équatorien”

  • afroéquatorien
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →