I'd heard previously that the fruit used to be called "a naranj", and through linguistic evolution that transformed into 'an aranj', and a light bit of google f

I'd heard previously that the fruit used to be called "a naranj", and through linguistic evolution that transformed into 'an aranj', and a light bit of google for 'a naranj' returns the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(word) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(word). >> The word ultimately derives from a Dravidian language — possibly Tamil நாரம் nāram or Telugu నారింజ nāriṃja or Malayalam നാരങ്ങ nāraŋŋa — via Sanskrit नारङ्ग nāraṅgaḥ "orange tree". From there the word entered Persian نارنگ nārang and then Arabic نارنج nāranj.[2] The initial n was lost through rebracketing in Italian and French, though some varieties of Arabic lost the n earlier.[2]