Where does “arangiu” come from?
arangiu (Sardinian) 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.
arangiu (Sardinian): orange fruit
Definitions
- orange fruit
Ancestry of “arangiu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | arancio | orange |
| 2 | Italian | arancia | orange |
| 3 | French | Orange | Orange |
| 4 | Spanish | naranja | orange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | naranja | orange |
| 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 | date palm |