Borrowed fromFrenchouest, fromOld Englishwest. First attested in 1803.[1]
oest m (uncountable)
compass points:punts cardinals: [edit]
nord-oest nord-occidental | nord septentrional | nord-est nord-oriental |
oest occidental | ![]() | est oriental |
sud-oest sud-occidental | sud meridional | sud-est sud-oriental |
FromMiddle Dutch*oest (attested only with procliticn asnoest), fromOld Dutch*uost,*ōst, fromProto-West Germanic*ōst.
FromMiddle Dutchoest, fromOld Frenchaoust, fromLatinAugustus.