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Where does “occidentale” come from?

occidentale (Italian) comes from Latin occidentālis, from Latin occidēns, from Latin occidō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

occidentale (Italian): west , western, westerly, occidental; Western,...

Definitions

  1. west , western, westerly, occidental; Western,...

Ancestry of “occidentale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoccidentālis—
2Latinoccidēns—
3Latinoccidō—
4Latinob-towards; against
5Latinobolusobolus
6Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
7Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
8Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

Words derived from “occidentale”

  • antioccidentalismo
  • sudoccidentale
  • filooccidentale
  • occidentalistico
  • occidentalmente
  • antioccidentale
  • occidentalizzare
  • occidentalizzarsi
  • occidentalismo
  • centroccidentale
  • occidentalista
  • filoccidentale
  • centro-occidentale
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