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
  • 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, volume 19: Orientalia, page 138