myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of occidente

Etymology of the Spanish word occidente

the Spanish word occidente

derived 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)

English occident, French occident, Italian occidente, Latin occidentes