Hi, my rusty Latin would say: "oriented" stems from the Latin deponent "oriri" and its participle "oriens, orientis"; and "orientated" was originally derived from the French "orienter" (18th cent.) (which would be in Latin "circumspicere" = to look around). Therefore, I guess, you have in English both forms for that meaning: "to orient oneself" --> oriented "to orientate oneself" --> orientated
Ex oriente lux, Martin, a ghost from the past ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Pete Modreski via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> To: meteorite-list <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, May 8, 2016 1:10 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - Oriented vs. Orientated: What’s the Difference? I've never thought that "orientated" was a real word--I always just figured it was what ignorant people say who didn't get very far in school... (my apology to any and all who like to use it!) Pete ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
