'Oriental-influenced' is a compound formed from 'Oriental' (from 'Orient') and 'influenced' (past participle of 'influence'); 'Orient' originates from Latin 'oriēns' meaning 'rising' (i.e., the east), and 'influence' comes from Latin 'influentia' meaning 'a flowing in'.

'Orient' passed into Old French as 'orient' and into Middle English as 'orient'; the adjective 'oriental' developed to mean 'of the east' and later was combined with the past participle 'influenced' (from Old French/Latin 'influence'/'influentia') to create the compound describing something affected by eastern (Oriental) characteristics.

Initially related to geographical 'the east' ('rising' of the sun), the element 'Oriental' came to denote styles or cultural characteristics associated with Asia; combined with 'influenced', it now specifically denotes something bearing eastern stylistic or cultural influence.