Where does “ekoatera” come from?
ekoatera (Malagasy) 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.
ekoatera (Malagasy): equator
Definitions
- equator
Ancestry of “ekoatera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Équateur | equator imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere |
| 2 | Latin | aequātor | coin inspector or assayer |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |