Where does “occidental” come from?
Occidental comes from Old French occidental, from Latin occidentalis meaning western, from Latin cado meaning to fall, ultimately from Ancient Greek βέλος meaning projectile or point.
occidental (English): Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident,...
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident,...
Ancestry of “occidental”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | occidental | — |
| 2 | Latin | occidentalis | western, westerly |
| 3 | Latin | occidens | falling down; going down, setting; perishing,... |
| 4 | Latin | occido | I fall down; I go down, set; I perish, die, pass... |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |