Where does “Ocidente” come from?
Ocidente (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ocidente, from Old Portuguese oucidente, from Latin occidēns, from Latin occidō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
Ocidente (Portuguese): the West; Occident countries having European cultural roots
Definitions
- the West; Occident countries having European cultural roots
Ancestry of “Ocidente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | ocidente | occident; west |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | oucidente | — |
| 3 | Latin | occidēns | falling down |
| 4 | Latin | occidō | to fall down |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |