Etymology

orientation

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Today it means: The determination of the relative position of something or someone. Full definition →

French orientation ← Latin orientem ← Proto-Italic *oriōr
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  2. Proto-Italic*oriōr
  3. Latinorior
  4. Latinorientem
  5. Frenchorient
  6. Frenchorienter
  7. Frenchorientation
  8. English todayorientation

From French orientation. By surface analysis, orient + -ation.

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