- oriental (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French oriental "eastern, from the east" (12c.) and directly from Latin orientalis "of the east," from orientem (see Orient (n.)). Originally in reference to the sky, geographical sense is attested from late 15c.; oriental carpet first recorded 1868 (in C.Latin Eastlake).
- Oriental (n.)
- "native or inhabitant of the east," 1701, from oriental (adj.).
