Where does “oriente” come from?

oriente (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese ouriente, from Latin oriēns, from Latin orior, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér- — to move, to stir.

oriente (Galician): east; the eastern portion of a territory or...

Definitions

  1. east; the eastern portion of a territory or...

Ancestry of “oriente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseourienteeast
2Latinoriēnsrising
3LatinoriorI rise, get up; I appear, become visible; I am...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ér-to move, to stir
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér- →Every word from Latin orior →Every word from Latin oriēns →