2007-08-01 04:41:19 · 5 answers · asked by ABC 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I dunno. Maybe the fruit? and then they couldn't come up with a name for the color so they used the name of the fruit??
wouldn't it be funny if yellow was called banana??
2007-08-01 04:52:24 · answer #1 · answered by Kira 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, probably the TREE.
The word has a long history or borrowing from one language to another... back through Arabic, to Persian, and before that it seems to Sanskrit. And throughout it was used for the fruit or the tree. It's first known use for a color came in 1542.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=orange
2007-08-01 12:48:00 · answer #2 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I thought it was interesting in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" when she was telling her in-laws-to-be that her last name meant 'orange', and went on to say, "The fruit...not the color."
Okay, Wikipedia, if you care to trust it, says the fruit came first :)
2007-08-01 11:57:45 · answer #3 · answered by Lea A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm... I'm not sure, but probably the color, and the fruit was just named such because it *was* that color...
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
2007-08-01 11:46:15 · answer #4 · answered by guagna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I felt it was the fruit, not the color
2007-08-01 11:48:54 · answer #5 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋