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