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==Etymology==
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from [[Middle English]] ''est'', from [[Old English]] ''ēast'', which itself comes from the [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] *aus- "to shine," or "[[dawn]]",<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=east|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/east|dictionary=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> cognate with [[Old High German]] ''*ōstar'' "to the east", [[Latin]] ''aurora'' 'dawn', and [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|ἠώς}} ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'.<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=east|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/east|dictionary=[[Merriam-Webster]]|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> Examples of the same formation in other languages include [[Latin]] [[Orient|oriens]] 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', [[Greek language|Greek]] ανατολή [[Anatolia|anatolé]] 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''[[Ēostre]]'', a [[List of Germanic deities|Germanic goddess]] of dawn, might have been a personification of both dawn and the cardinal points.

East is sometimes abbreviated as '''E'''.