i have a pressing question.

was the colour orange based on the colour of the fruit orange? or was the fruit orange called orange because it's color is orange?

thanks

The colour came first - then the fruit was discovered. No one who spoke english knew about the existence of the fruit until a few hundred years ago.

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The colour came first - then the fruit was discovered. No one who spoke english knew about the existence of the fruit until a few hundred years ago.

Google it ^^

wiki dictates:
"Orange is both a noun and an adjective in the English language. In both cases, it refers primarily to the orange fruit and the colour orange, but has many other derivative meanings.

Before the English-speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the colour was referred to as geoluhread in Old English, which translates roughly into Modern English as yellow-red."

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The colour came first - then the fruit was discovered. No one who spoke english knew about the existence of the fruit until a few hundred years ago.

Maybe.

















The orange is a tropic fruit, so you're right (i think).

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Maybe.









The orange is a tropic fruit, so you're right (i think).

You don't like reading do you?

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Google it ^^

wiki dictates:
"Orange is both a noun and an adjective in the English language. In both cases, it refers primarily to the orange fruit and the colour orange, but has many other derivative meanings.

Before the English-speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the colour was referred to as geoluhread in Old English, which translates roughly into Modern English as yellow-red."

Fair enough.

I still think my way was more logical.

Lengthy debate, huh?

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Fair enough.

I still think my way was more logical.

That's called nationalism :")

A related question:

Is the whole orange being both colour and fruit thing unique to the english language or is this phenomenon present in other languages as well?

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A related question:

Is the whole orange being both colour and fruit thing unique to the english language or is this phenomenon present in other languages as well?

It is present in Spanish and French, so I would assume maybe in other latin languages as well.

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That's called nationalism :")

No, that's not nationalism.

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You don't like reading do you?

I do like reading, but if it doesn't interest me, I don't read it.