Etymology

aranzada

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Today it means: A traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to about 4472 m², chiefly used for vineyards and olive groves. Full definition →

Spanish aranzada ← Old Spanish arenzo ← Latin argenteus
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aranzada · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromargenteus“silvery, silver piece”
  2. Old Spanish · derived fromarenzo
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromaranzada
  4. English todayaranzada

Borrowed from Spanish aranzada, from aranzata (“ration”), from Old Spanish arenzo and arienço (“Spanish coin”), from Latin argenteus (“silvery, silver piece”).

aranzada · noun2

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromनारङ्ग“orange tree”
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromنارنگ“orange”
  3. Arabic · derived fromنَارَنْج
  4. English todayaranzada

Borrowed from Sardinian, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang, “orange”), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), from Dravidian. Doublet of orange.

Words from the same roots

Latinargenteus all →

argenteusargenteous

Arabicنَارَنْج all →

orange

Sanskritनारङ्ग all →

orange

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