occidental
English
/ˌɒk.səˈdɛn.təl/
adj
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western.
- Of a gem or precious stone: of inferior value or quality.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French occidental derived from Latin occidentalis root from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱh₂d-
Gloss
fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accidence English
- accidentally English
- casualty English
- incident English
- nonoccidental English
- occidentalism English
- occidentalist English
- occidentalize English
- occidentally English
- occiduous English
- recidivate English
- recidivism English
- recidivistic English
- recidivous English
- accidēns Latin
- cadaver Latin
- cadere Latin
- cadāver Latin
- casus Latin
- cāsuālis Latin
- decadens Latin
- decadentia Latin
- decido Latin
- dēciduus Latin
- dēcidō, decidere Latin
- excido Latin
- incidens Latin
- occasionem Latin
- occidens Latin
- occidentalis Latin
- occidentem Latin
- occidēns Latin
- recidivus Latin
- recido Latin
- cascata Italian
- occidentale Italian
- coïncider French
- occidental French
- récidiviste French
- occidental Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- occidental Old French
- *kadō Proto-Italic