Where does “orange” come from?

orange (French) comes from Italian arancia, 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 (French): orange fruit

Definitions

orange fruit

Ancestry of “orange”, step by step

orange traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian arancia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	arancia	orange
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 Old French pume orenge

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	pume orenge	—
2	Old Italian	melarancio	—

Words derived from “orange”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu →Every word from Dravidian dra →Every word from Sanskrit नारङ्ग →