Where does “Äquator” come from?
Äquator (Luxembourgish) comes from German Äquator, from Latin aequātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
Äquator (Luxembourgish): equator
Ancestry of “Äquator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Äquator | equator |
| 2 | Latin | aequātor | — |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |