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Which came first, orange the colour or orange the fruit?

  • Writer: Marie Lightman
    Marie Lightman
  • Jul 2, 2017
  • 1 min read

"Is an orange called an orange because it's orange, or is orange orange because of the orange? Which came first, the fruit or the colour?

https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-4756,00.html

""Orange the fruit came first. The word came into English either from Old French 'pomme d'orenge', or from the Spanish 'naranja"

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/mar/31/origin-of-the-orange


 
 
 

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