Where does “melarancia” come from?

melarancia (Italian) 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.

melarancia (Italian): sweet orange, "Citrus sinensis"

Definitions

  1. sweet orange, "Citrus sinensis"

Ancestry of “melarancia”, step by step

melarancia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian arancia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaranciaorange
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 Italian mela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmelaapple
2Latinmālumevil, adversity, hardship, misfortune, calamity, disaster, mischief
3Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
4Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

via Old Italian melarancio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italianmelarancio
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntuEvery word from Dravidian draEvery word from Sanskrit नारङ्ग
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