Where does “oriental” come from?
oriental (Middle French) comes from Latin orientālis, from Latin oriēns, from Latin orior, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér-.
Ancestry of “oriental”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | orientālis | — |
| 2 | Latin | oriēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | orior | I rise, get up; I appear, become visible; I am... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ér- | — |
Words derived from “oriental”