Where does “orange” come from?

orange (Luxembourgish) comes from French orange, from Italian arancia, from French Orange, from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ, from Sanskrit नारङ्ग — date palm.

orange (Luxembourgish): orange

Definitions

  1. orange

Ancestry of “orange”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchorangeorange fruit
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
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu