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

  1. mess; orange; rancid

Ancestry of “rancio”, step by step

rancio traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian arancio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianarancioorange
2Italianaranciaorange
3FrenchOrangeOrange
4Spanishnaranjaorange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish...
5Old Spanishnaranjaorange
6Arabicنَارَنْجbitter orange
7Persianنارنگbitter orange
8Sanskritनारङ्गthe orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;...
9Dravidiandra
10Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm

via Spanish rancho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishranchoranch; shed, barn; grotty grub
2SpanishrancharseCompound of the infinitive ranchar and the ...
3Spanisharrancharto skirt; to get together
4Frenchrangera ranger, one who looks after a region; to order,...
5FrenchrangA row or line of things placed side-by-side; A...
6Old Frenchrengplace; position
7Latinrencusrow; order, rank
8Gaulishrekos
9Proto-Celticreketito arrange
10Proto-Indo-European(H)rek-to set in order

via Vulgar Latin *rancius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*rancius
2Latinrancidusrancid, rank, stinking; disgusting, loathsome,...
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos

Words derived from “rancio

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu