Where does “ocidentalização” come from?

ocidentalização (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ocidentalizar, from Portuguese ocidental, from Latin occidentālis, from Latin occidēns, from Latin occidō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

ocidentalização (Portuguese): westernisation the assimilation of Western culture

Definitions

  1. westernisation the assimilation of Western culture

Ancestry of “ocidentalização”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseocidentalizarto westernize
2Portugueseocidentalwest; western; Western
3Latinoccidentāliswestern, westerly
4Latinoccidēnsfalling down
5Latinoccidōto fall down
6Latinob-towards; against
7Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
8Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
9Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
10Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
12Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-Every word from Latin ob-Every word from Latin occidō