orient

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 379 words | Copyright

orient2 place so as to face the east XVIII; determine the bearings of; (refl.) ascertain one's bearings XIX. — F. orienter, f. orient; see prec. So, by extension with -ATE2, orientate XIX; prob. after orientation situation so as to face east (of a church, east and west), bearing or lie of a thing, determination of bearings XIX, which appears to be directly f. orient vb.

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