Where does “Seville orange” come from?
Seville orange (English) comes from English Orange, from French Orange, from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ, from Sanskrit नारङ्ग, from Dravidian dra — date palm.
Seville orange (English): The bitter orange: a tree and fruit of the...
Definitions
- The bitter orange: a tree and fruit of the...
Ancestry of “Seville orange”, step by step
Seville orange traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Orange
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Orange | Relating to the Orange Order |
| 2 | French | Orange | Orange |
| 3 | Spanish | naranja | orange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | naranja | orange |
| 5 | Arabic | نَارَنْج | bitter orange |
| 6 | Persian | نارنگ | bitter orange |
| 7 | Sanskrit | नारङ्ग | the orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;... |
| 8 | Dravidian | dra | — |
| 9 | Proto-Dravidian | *cīntu | date palm |
via English Seville
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Seville | — |
| 2 | Spanish | Sevilla | Seville |
| 3 | Arabic | إِشْبِيلِيَة | — |
| 4 | Latin | Hispalis | Seville |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 | — |