Where does “equador” come from?

equador (Portuguese) 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.

equador (Portuguese): equator

Definitions

equator

Ancestry of “equador”, step by step

equador traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish ecuador

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	ecuador	equator
2	Medieval Latin	aequator	equalizer; equator; second-person singular future...
3	Latin	aequō	to equalize, make equal to something else, equate
4	Latin	æquus	equal
5	Latin	vocāre	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	wekʷ-	to speak, to sound out

via Latin aequātor

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	aequātor	coin inspector or assayer
2	Latin	-tor	-er
3	Proto-Italic	-tōr	Forms agent nouns to verb stems
4	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →