Where does “orientale” come from?
orientale (French) comes from French oriental, from Latin orientālis, from Latin oriēns, from Latin orior, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér-.
orientale (French): feminine singular of oriental
Definitions
- feminine singular of oriental
Ancestry of “orientale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | oriental | Eastern, of the east, of or relating to the... |
| 2 | Latin | orientālis | — |
| 3 | Latin | oriēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | orior | I rise, get up; I appear, become visible; I am... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ér- | — |