Oranges- is the color named after the fruit? Or is the fruit named after the color?

Answer 1

I believe the fruit was named after the color. Aw, who am I kidding? I don't know.

Answer 2

So, it looks like the origin of the word orange comes from the far east,
where they had named the fruit. And as the fruit moved west, it's name
came with it, changing slightly until we end up with today's "orange".
The word comes from the fruit. Does that imply that the use of that
same word to name the color of the fruit came later? Yeah, I guess it
does. But to back up this story, I needed more info from different
sources.

All the sources I found from that point on do indeed back up this
story. The word orange comes from the Sanskrit naranga, meaning
fragrant fruit. You can see a more direct line in the Spanish (naranja)
and Italian (arancia) versions. Also I discovered that in some Spanish
dialects, orange juice is referred to as jugo de china (Chinese juice,
or literally, juice from China), making reference to the belief that
oranges had originated in that area of the world. Now, isn't that
interesting?

From all my searching, I could find that the word "orange" originally
did come from the fruit. When were the colors named? That, I could not
find. I would like to hear the story of when the color names came
about

Answer 3

The fruit is named after the color

Answer 4

the fruit was named after the color

Answer 5

I would guess the color is named after the fruit.

Answer 6

I think the color is named after the fruit. In spanish, the fruit is named "naranja" and the color is also named like that, or sometimes "anaranjado"(I don't know where that came from), which I think that means that the color is like the one of the oranges.

Also, with pink in spanish is the same thing. Pink is rosado and rose is rosa, and I've seen pink flowers. This also means that the color is name after something (in this case, the rose)

Answer 7

the fruit was named after the color :]

Answer 8

It happened at the same time.
Two people were looking at an orange one was admiring the color, the other the fruit. One said wow orange and it stuck for both things.

I have a lot of spare time and a vivid imagination.

Answer 9

Food named after the color.

Answer 10

The word "orange" ultimately comes from Sanskrit narang or Tamil. The fruit typically has 11 individual pieces inside and in Tamil, the word "Orangu" translates to "6 and 5" implying 11. Oranges originated in southeast Asia, in either India, Vietnam or southern China. The fruit of Citrus sinensis is called sweet orange to distinguish it from Citrus aurantium, the bitter orange. In a number of languages, it is known as a "Chinese apple" (e.g. Dutch Sinaasappel, "China's apple").

so color after food.

Answer 11

It seems more logical that the color was named after the fruit....