Where does “เอกวาดอร์” come from?

เอกวาดอร์ (Thai) comes from English Ecuador, 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 “เอกวาดอร์”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEcuador
2Spanishecuadorequator
3Medieval Latinaequatorequalizer; equator; second-person singular future...
4Latinaequōto equalize, make equal to something else, equate
5Latinæquusequal
6Latinvocāre
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāreEvery word from Latin æquus
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