Occident
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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Occident XIV. — (O)F. — L.
occidēns,
-ent- setting, sunset, west, sb. use of prp. of
occidere go down, set; see prec.,
-ENT.
So
occidental (
-AL1) western. XIV. — (O)F. or L.
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