English
Orontean
Orontean comes from Latin Orontēus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOrontēus
- Englishearliest quotation 1872Orontean
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOrontēus
- Englishearliest quotation 1872Orontean
Earliest quotation: 1872, James Cranstoun, The Elegies of Albius Tibullus: “And hair perfumed with Orontean myrrh.”
Formed from Orontēus + -an
Every English word from Latin Orontēus
Today it means
adj Of or relating to the Orontes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Orontēus / Orontean