eastern

English Online Dictionary. What means eastern‎? What does eastern mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English esturne, esterne, from Old English ēasterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austrōnijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ro- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ōstrōni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”).

Morphologically east +‎ -ern.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.stən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈi.stɚn/
• Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)n

Adjective

eastern (comparative more eastern, superlative most eastern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.

   Synonym: (poetic) eoan
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
3. (loosely) Oriental.

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Translations

See also

• northern
• southern
• western
• northeastern
• southeastern
• southwestern
• northwestern

Anagrams

• Earnest, Saetern, Tareens, earnest, estrane, nearest, renates, sterane