Where does “orient” come from?
orient (Romanian) comes from French orient, from Old French oriant, from Latin oriēns, from Latin orior, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér-.
orient (Romanian): east, Orient
Ancestry of “orient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | orient | — |
| 2 | Old French | oriant | Orient |
| 3 | Latin | oriēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | orior | I rise, get up; I appear, become visible; I am... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ér- | — |