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From dis- + orientate. Not a back-formation from disorientation, which is attested much later and is perhaps from disorientate.
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From dis- + orientate. Not a back-formation from disorientation, which is attested much later and is perhaps from disorientate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.