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Where does “orientar” come from?

orientar (Catalan) comes from Catalan orient, from Latin oriēns, from Latin orior, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér-.

orientar (Catalan): to orient

Definitions

  1. to orient

Ancestry of “orientar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanorientOrient; east
2Latinoriēns—
3LatinoriorI rise, get up; I appear, become visible; I am...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ér-—

Words derived from “orientar”

  • orientació
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