auranja

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• arange

Etymology

The Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch traces auranja, ultimately back to Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj). See English orange.

Noun

auranja f (oblique plural auranjas, nominative singular auranja, nominative plural auranjas)

1. orange (fruit)

Descendants

• Occitan: irange
• → Old French: orenge, orange
  • Middle French: orange, orenge
    • French: orange (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, orynge
      • English: orange
        • → Esperanto: oranĝo
        • → Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
        • → Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
        • → Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
        • → Makah: ʔo·linčas
        • → Malay: oren
        • → Marshallese: oran
      • Scots: orange, oranger
  • Norman: orange

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nārang(a)”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 19: Orientalia, page 138