tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 03 16:02:06 2003
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Re: "orange"
> i don't think so. my "webster's third new international dictionary"
doesn't
> give a form with initial "n-" until you go back to the old arabic "naranj"
> which gave old provencal "auranja", long before the english word came into
> being.
> on the other hand, aprons and adders used to be naprons and nadders, a
middle
> english result of incorrect division of 'a napron' and 'a naddre'.
I read somewhere (famous last words) that the evolution from "norange" to
"orange" took place because of the same incorrect division. But unlike you,
I cannot cite a (scholarly) source to back up my statement. I cede to you,
sir