myEtymology.com: English etymology of reorient

Etymology of the English word reorient

the English word reorient

using the English prefix re-

derived from the Latin prefix re-

derived from the English word orient

derived from the Old French word orient

derived 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-