Etymology of the English word occident
the English word
occidentderived from the Old French word
occidentderived from the Latin word
occidens (connected with sunset, evening; western; west; region of the setting sun; western part of the world)
derived from the Classical Latin word
occidere (fall, fall down; perish; kill, murder, slaughter)
using the Late Latin prefix
ob-derived from the Late Latin word
caedere (chop, hew, cut out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kaə-id-derived from the Latin word
ob (before; in the way of)
Cognates
French
occident, Italian
occidente, Latin
occidentes, Spanish
occidenteUsage
Word found in Modern English
