Where does “citrancs” come from?
citrancs (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian narancs, from Italian narancia, from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ, from Sanskrit नारङ्ग, from Dravidian dra — date palm.
citrancs (Hungarian): grapefruit
Definitions
- grapefruit
Ancestry of “citrancs”, step by step
citrancs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian narancs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | narancs | orange |
| 2 | Italian | narancia | — |
| 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 |