Etymology of the French word occident
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)
Date
The earliest known usage of occident in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
occident, Romanian
occidentCognates
English
occident, Italian
occidente, Latin
occidentes, Spanish
occidenteUsage
Word found in Old French
