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The Multilingual Origins of the Word 'Orange'

Enthralling indeed! One interesting tidbit to add: There's a phenomenon known as 'rebracketing' or 'metanalysis'. This is probably what happened when Old French transformed 'une norenge' to 'une orenge'. Just like 'a napron' became 'an apron' in English. Languages is truly fascinating!
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