Where does “orange-spotted drone fly” come from?

orange-spotted drone fly (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.

orange-spotted drone fly (English): Eristalis anthophorina, a species of dronefly

Definitions

  1. Eristalis anthophorina, a species of dronefly

Ancestry of “orange-spotted drone fly”, step by step

orange-spotted drone fly traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Orange

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOrangeRelating to the Orange Order
2FrenchOrangeOrange
3Spanishnaranjaorange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish...
4Old Spanishnaranjaorange
5Arabicنَارَنْجbitter orange
6Persianنارنگbitter orange
7Sanskritनारङ्गthe orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;...
8Dravidiandra
9Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm

via English spotted

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspottedDiscoloured by spots; stained; Characterized by...

via English drone fly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdrone fly
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu
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