2006-10-18 10:06:19 · 8 answers · asked by WWF Decade Impaired Fan 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
Turns out the fruit, orange, was named first -- the name of the fruit comes from the Persian word naranj. The name for the color came into English (and other European languages) after the fruit was brought into Europe in the late Middle Ages.
As a bonus citrus fact, the tangerine is named after the city of Tangiers, Morocco, in north Africa.
In either case, if the orange was purple, we'd call it a purple -- but we'd call it that because we named the color after the fruit.
2006-10-18 10:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by Scott F 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Maybe something like grapefruit - if only grapefruits were purple. How about a greemon - like a combination of green and lemon? Or a juicy fruit ? (Oops, they already have a gum by that name.)
2006-10-18 10:10:22 · answer #2 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Which came first, the fruit or the color?
2006-10-18 10:13:48 · answer #3 · answered by Ryan S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anything but orange or purple, so hard to rhyme!
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2006-10-18 10:17:15 · answer #4 · answered by j s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends on the color
2006-10-18 10:17:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
purple or maybe it'd be a poipole
2006-10-18 10:09:56 · answer #6 · answered by Skylerd murtle 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends on what color is it
2006-10-18 10:13:26 · answer #7 · answered by esalina14 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
green?
2006-10-18 10:08:36 · answer #8 · answered by J.t'sgurl 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋