Etymology of the English word orient
the English word
orientderived from the Old French word
orientderived from the Latin word
oriens (daybreak, dawn, sunrise; rising; eastern)
derived from the Latin word
oriri (to appear, arise, be born; be born, created; be born of; rise; arise)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*er-Derivations in English
reorient,
misorientCognates
Dutch
Orient, Dutch
orienteren, English
Orient, French
orient, French
Orient, German
Orient, German
orientieren, Italian
oriente, Latin
orientes, Norwegian
orient, Norwegian
orientere, Swedish
orient, Swedish
orienteraUsage
Word found in Modern English
