English
orientation
Orientation comes from French orientation.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentorientation
- Englishearliest quotation 2014same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentorientation
- Englishearliest quotation 2014same form
Earliest quotation: 2014, Julie Sondra Decker, How to Tell If You Are Asexual: “And now, I want to help other asexual people…”
A compound of orient + orienter ‘to orientate’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to move, to stir’
Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise, get up’
Latin orior ‘to rise, get up’
Latin orientem
French orient
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to move, to stir’
Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise, get up’
Latin orior ‘to rise, get up’
Latin orientem
French orient
French orienter ‘to orientate’
Every English word from French orientation
Today it means
noun The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French orientation / orientation