Quixotic Pronunciation

Dec 28, 201318 since "quixotic" was coined with don quixote as its basis, why is it pronounced "kwicks-ott-ick" when it should by rights/origin be pronounced "key-ho-tick"? Aug 16, 2014would you say quixotic has more of a positive connotation or more of a negative connotation? The definition for quixotic given by merriam-webster is:

Feb 20, 2019however, quixotic is written in lowercase, despite coming from the name of the character don quixote. 1 the slight difference between pronunciation and enunciation is that pronunciation is the act of making sounds or articulating words while enunciation is the way of articulating words clearly. Aug 3, 20242 " quixotic " is worth considering, as don quixote was not the most systematic of "men of action".

(soed) quixotic 2 of an act, statement, etc.: Sep 4, 2017i came across a definition of quixotic as capricious, impulsive, and unpredictable. Jun 5, 2019a person with ambitions or aspirations that far exceed their means or abilities would be quixotic.

As for why the word pronounce has an o between the two n’s and pronunciation does not, it is unclear, but both words derive from french, pronunciation from pronunciation and pronounce.