English
orienteer
Orienteer comes from Swedish orientera ‘to orient, to find one's way, to practice…’, from Latin orior ‘to rise, get up’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *oriōr.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise, get up’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior‘to rise, get up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEorientemnext step skipped: Old French oriant
- Frenchc. 1600–presentorient
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentorienter‘to orientate’
- Swedishmodernorientera‘to orient, to find one's way, to practice orienteering’
- Englishtodayorienteer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oriōr‘to rise, get up’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEorior‘to rise, get up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEorientemnext step skipped: Old French oriant
- Frenchc. 1600–presentorient
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentorienter‘to orientate’
- Swedishmodernorientera‘to orient, to find one's way, to practice orienteering’
- Englishtodayorienteer
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to rise, to spring’
run, ride, earn, irritable, irritate, aborigines, ornithology, erne, orogeny, 13 more
through Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise, get up’
originally, originality, origination, aborigine, 4 more
through Latin orior ‘to rise, get up’
Today it means
noun Someone who takes part in the sport of orienteering.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *oriōr / orienteer