Why could nobody be bothered to give an orange a proper name?
Everything has a name except for the orange, a banana was not called a yellow.
That poor little orange :-(
2007-01-29 00:30:24 · 13 answers · asked by alexandrairvine 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Peach, lemon, lime, blackberry,blueberry, need I go on?
have you got something in you eye, did the orange squirt when you peeled it?
2007-01-29 00:34:01 · answer #1 · answered by Alicat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually the orange is named after the spanish word for the fruit; naranja. English took the word and we used to call it a narange. But then we got lazy and moved the 'n' over to 'an' instead of 'a', hence it became an orange.
2007-01-29 01:16:28 · answer #2 · answered by Spottie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fruit was given its name via Arabic from the word naranj from India: e.g. Hindi nārangī : later, "a norange" became "an orange". (The Spanish got their word "naranja" from their Moorish conquerors.) The colour was named after the fruit. So you're putting the cart before the horse in suggesting that the colour came before the fruit: it was the other way round.
2007-01-30 07:29:35 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Etymology of Orange- Orange (fruit) significant article: Orange (be conscious) the colour is named after the orange fruit, presented to Europe with the help of the Sanskrit be conscious n?ranja. earlier this grew to become into presented to the English-speaking worldwide, the colour grew to become into talked approximately (in outdated English) as geoluhread, which interprets into present day English as yellow-pink. the 1st recorded use of orange as a coloration call in English grew to become into in c4ca4238a0b92382dcc509a6f75849b5c4ca4238a0b92382dcc509a6f75849b2,[a million] interior the courtroom of King Henry VIII.
2016-12-17 04:58:38 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, i think it's the colour named after orange, not orange named after colour
2007-01-29 00:36:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because its orange in colour, and cos its not an apple.
2007-01-29 00:40:26 · answer #6 · answered by NEIL B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, but he has a friend in the likewise named 'poor little peach' they should start a family of poranches lol
2007-01-29 00:35:27 · answer #7 · answered by Janbull 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody really cares what the orange is called... i mean a lime is lime... so really why even ask?
2007-01-29 00:39:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was named after the mobile telephone service Silly.
2007-01-29 00:39:48 · answer #9 · answered by Steve D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i too wonder that, might just be me bein a bit silly, but why is it?
Apples arent called greeny reds, kiwi's arent called furry browns, it dont make sense.
Too much confusion for a monday.
2007-01-29 01:11:38 · answer #10 · answered by Bef 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋