Where does “oranĝujo” come from?
oranĝujo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto oranĝo, from English Orange, from French Orange, from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ, from Sanskrit नारङ्ग — date palm.
oranĝujo (Esperanto): orange tree
Definitions
- orange tree
Ancestry of “oranĝujo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | oranĝo | orange |
| 2 | English | Orange | Relating to the Orange Order |
| 3 | French | Orange | Orange |
| 4 | Spanish | naranja | orange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | naranja | orange |
| 6 | Arabic | نَارَنْج | bitter orange |
| 7 | Persian | نارنگ | bitter orange |
| 8 | Sanskrit | नारङ्ग | the orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;... |
| 9 | Dravidian | dra | — |
| 10 | Proto-Dravidian | *cīntu | date palm |