English
equator
Equator comes from Late Latin (circulus) aequator.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CE(circulus) aequator
- Englishearliest quotation 2018equator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CE(circulus) aequator
- Englishearliest quotation 2018equator
Earliest quotation: 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting G: “Baishui is about as close to the equator as…”
Every English word from Late Latin (circulus) aequator
Today it means
noun An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin (circulus) aequator / equator