Does anybody out there know?!


Question: Does anybody out there know!?
If an orange is called an orange because it is the colour orange, or the colour orange is called orange because it is the same colour as an orange!?Www@Enter-QA@Com


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It all started with the fruit itself!. The original ancient Indian Sanskrit name of the tree was nāra?ga?!. Indians and Arabs traded with each other and so the word passed into Arabic as naranjah!. For a time, Spain was ruled by Arabic-speaking north African Moors who passed the fruit and its name into Spain as naranja (pronounced nar-AHN-ha)!.

Eventually, this fruit came to be known by the English who called it a naranj!. Words ending with the letter ‘j’ are rare in the English language, so the spelling changed to narange!.

Over time, “a narange” became “an arange!.” Then, in the 14th century, ARANGE, not to be confused with ARRANGE, was transformed into ORANGE (several years later Aluminum became Aloo-MINI-yum)!.

And that’s, in part, how we have both the Orange Yeti and OrangeCoat!. (primary source: KryssTal)Www@Enter-QA@Com

Answer is the second part of your question!.
I mean, the colour is called orange because it is the same colour as an orange (in my mother tongue you say to this colour not "orange" but "colour orange")Www@Enter-QA@Com

orange word was actually evolved from the sanskrit word - naranj (which is actually the name of the fruit) then the fruit orange was called orange and the colour got its name from the fruit!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

That's a plum question! Well done, old fruit! Quite ap'peel'ing!.

How about apricot!? etc!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

the fruit has to be the original maker of the name because the fruit was around before artifical colouring etc

common sense really!.!.!.!.
hope this helpsWww@Enter-QA@Com

An orange is called an orange coz its color is orange!.

Cool question!

HAVE A NICE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com

the same reason the a paer id called a paer lolWww@Enter-QA@Com

Do I look bothered!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com

Yes it is!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Yes!.Www@Enter-QA@Com



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