Etymology of the French word orient
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-Date
The earliest known usage of orient in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
orienter,
proche-orientalDerivations in other languages
English
orient, Romanian
orientCognates
Dutch
Orient, Dutch
orienteren, English
orient, English
Orient, French
Orient, German
Orient, German
orientieren, Italian
oriente, Latin
orientes, Norwegian
orient, Norwegian
orientere, Swedish
orient, Swedish
orienteraUsage
Word found in Old French
