Where does “Pomeranze” come from?
Pomeranze (German) 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.
Pomeranze (German): bitter orange
Definitions
- bitter orange
Ancestry of “Pomeranze”, step by step
Pomeranze traces back through 3 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 Medieval Latin pomerancium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | pomerancium | — |
| 2 | Latin | pōmum | any type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.) |
| 3 | Latin | pōmus | fruit |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | poomos | fruit |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂po-h₁ém-os | taken off |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epo | from, off, back; off, away; off, from |
via French pomme d'orange
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pomme d'orange | — |