Where does “rancio” come from?
rancio (Italian) comes from Italian arancio, from Italian arancia, from French Orange, from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ, from Sanskrit नारङ्ग — date palm.
rancio (Italian): mess; orange; rancid
Definitions
- mess; orange; rancid
Ancestry of “rancio”, step by step
rancio traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian arancio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | arancio | orange |
| 2 | Italian | arancia | orange |
| 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 |
via Spanish rancho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | rancho | ranch; shed, barn; grotty grub |
| 2 | Spanish | rancharse | Compound of the infinitive ranchar and the ... |
| 3 | Spanish | arranchar | to skirt; to get together |
| 4 | French | ranger | a ranger, one who looks after a region; to order,... |
| 5 | French | rang | A row or line of things placed side-by-side; A... |
| 6 | Old French | reng | place; position |
| 7 | Latin | rencus | row; order, rank |
| 8 | Gaulish | rekos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | reketi | to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)rek- | to set in order |