Etymology

orienteering

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Today it means: The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass. Full definition →

Swedish orientering
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  1. Swedish · borrowed fromorientering
  2. English todayorienteering

Borrowed from Swedish orientering, from orientera (“orient, orientate”) + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.