Where does “naranja” come from?
naranja (Old Spanish) comes from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ, from Sanskrit नारङ्ग, from Dravidian dra, from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu.
Ancestry of “naranja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | نَارَنْج | bitter orange |
| 2 | Persian | نارنگ | bitter orange |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नारङ्ग | the orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;... |
| 4 | Dravidian | dra | — |
| 5 | Proto-Dravidian | *cīntu | — |
Words derived from “naranja”