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Where does “Orange” come from?

Orange comes from Old French Orenge, from Latin Aurasica and Aurasio, ultimately from Gaulish arausi.

Orange (English): Relating to the Orange Order

Definitions

  1. Relating to the Orange Order

Ancestry of “Orange”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchOrangeOrange
2Spanishnaranjaorange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish...
3Old Spanishnaranja—
4Arabicنَارَنْجbitter orange
5Persianنارنگbitter orange
6Sanskritनारङ्गthe orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;...
7Dravidiandra—
8Proto-Dravidian*cīntu—

Words derived from “Orange”

  • Orangeville
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