orient
ADJECTIVE:
1. (of a gem or pearl) exceptionally fine and lustrous; oriental.
2. (mainly poetic) eastern.
3. lustrous, sparkling orient gems.
archaic:
1. rising or appearing, especially as from below the horizon:
the orient sun.
2. (of the sun, stars, etc) rising (in the sky).
3. radiant, glowing.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin orient- (stem of oriēns ) “the east, sunrise,” noun use of present participle of orīrī “to rise”; see -ent. Dictionary 2: C18: via French from Latin oriēns rising (sun), from orīrī to rise. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of orient: Verb: 1728. Noun: 14th century. Adjective: 15th century. History and Etymology for orient: Verb: French orienter, from Middle French, from orient. Noun and Adjective: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin orient-, oriens, from present participle of oriri to rise; akin to Sanskrit ṛṇoti he moves, arises, Greek ornynai to rouse, oros mountain. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. (of a gem or pearl) exceptionally fine and lustrous; oriental.
2. (mainly poetic) eastern.
3. lustrous, sparkling orient gems.
archaic:
1. rising or appearing, especially as from below the horizon:
the orient sun.
2. (of the sun, stars, etc) rising (in the sky).
3. radiant, glowing.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin orient- (stem of oriēns ) “the east, sunrise,” noun use of present participle of orīrī “to rise”; see -ent. Dictionary 2: C18: via French from Latin oriēns rising (sun), from orīrī to rise. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of orient: Verb: 1728. Noun: 14th century. Adjective: 15th century. History and Etymology for orient: Verb: French orienter, from Middle French, from orient. Noun and Adjective: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin orient-, oriens, from present participle of oriri to rise; akin to Sanskrit ṛṇoti he moves, arises, Greek ornynai to rouse, oros mountain. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.