Where does “оранжевый” come from?
оранжевый (Russian) 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.
оранжевый (Russian): orange, a secondary color made by mixing red and...
Definitions
- orange, a secondary color made by mixing red and...
Ancestry of “оранжевый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | orange | orange |
| 2 | Italian | arancia | orange |
| 3 | French | Orange | Orange |
| 4 | Spanish | naranja | orange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | naranja | — |
| 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 | — |