Where does “에콰도르” come from?

에콰도르 (Korean) comes from Spanish ecuador, from Medieval Latin aequator, from Latin aequō, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

Ancestry of “에콰도르”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishecuadorequator
2Medieval Latinaequatorequalizer; equator; second-person singular future...
3Latinaequōto equalize, make equal to something else, equate
4Latinæquusequal
5Latinvocāre
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāreEvery word from Latin æquus