'ocean-oriented' originates from the combination of 'ocean' and 'oriented', where 'ocean' refers to the vast body of saltwater and 'oriented' means directed towards or focused on.

'ocean' comes from the Old French 'occean', from Latin 'oceanus', from Greek 'ōkeanos', meaning 'great stream encircling the earth's disc'. 'Oriented' comes from the Latin 'orientare', meaning 'to arrange or direct'.

Initially, 'oriented' meant 'to arrange or direct', and when combined with 'ocean', it evolved to mean 'focused on or related to the ocean'.