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Where does “disorientate” come from?

disorientate (Italian) comes from Italian disorientato, from Italian disorientare, from Italian orientare, from Italian oriente, from Latin orientem, from Latin oriens, from Latin oriri, from Latin orior.

disorientate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “disorientate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandisorientatopast participle of disorientare; past participle...
2Italiandisorientareto disorientate, bewilder, befuddle
3Italianorientareto position; to orientate; to direct
4Italianorienteeast, orient; orient; lodge
5Latinorientemaccusative masculine singular of oriēns;...
6Latinoriensrising; appearing; originating
7Latinoriripresent active infinitive of orior; come into...
8LatinoriorI rise, get up; I appear, become visible; I am...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ér-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér- →