Where does “Эквадор” come from?
Эквадор (Kyrgyz) comes from Russian Эквадо́р, 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.
Эквадор (Kyrgyz) comes from Russian Эквадо́р, 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.