'Occidental-influenced' is a compound of 'Occidental' and 'influenced'. 'Occidental' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'occidens' (from 'occidere'), where 'occid-' meant 'to fall' or 'to set' (hence 'west'). 'Influenced' originates from Latin 'influere', where 'in-' meant 'into' and 'fluere' meant 'to flow'.

'Occidental' passed into English via Medieval Latin 'occidentalis' and Old French 'occidental', meaning 'western'. 'Influenced' derives from Latin 'influere' > Old French 'influencer' > Middle English 'influence' with the past participle 'influenced'. The compound adjective formed in Modern English as 'Occidental-influenced'.

Initially, 'occidens' referred specifically to the place of sunset or 'the west', and 'influere' meant 'to flow into'. Over time the components came to denote 'western' and 'having been affected by', and together they evolved to the current sense of 'affected by Western (Occidental) influence'.