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)

orange (fruit)

Descendants

Occitan: irange
→ Old French: orenge
- French: orange (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: orange, oraunge
- → Middle English: orenge, orange
  - English: orange (see there for further descendants)

References

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

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