Etymology

reorientation

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Today it means: A new orientation. Full definition →

English orientation ← French orientation ← Latin orientem
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  7. Proto-Italic*oriōr
  8. Latinorior
  9. Latinorientem
  10. Frenchorient
  11. Frenchorienter
  12. Frenchorientation
  13. Englishorientation
  14. English todayreorientation

From re- + orientation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.