Etymology

Ecuador

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Today it means: A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito. Full definition →

Spanish Ecuador ← Medieval Latin aequātōrem ← Latin aequō
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  1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  2. Old Latinaiquos
  3. Latinaequus
  4. Latinaequō
  5. Medieval Latinaequātōrem
  6. Spanishecuador
  7. SpanishEcuador
  8. English todayEcuador

Borrowed from Spanish Ecuador, itself from ecuador (“equator”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.