How come the fruit orange is named orange?

Question

I know its orange in color, but why call an apple an apple, or a grape: a grape?

Answer 1

The fruit was named orange first and then the word orange was used to describe the color orange later.

"Orange derives from Sanskrit nāraṅgaḥ "orange tree", with borrowings through Persian nārang, Arabic nāranj, Spanish naranja, Late Latin arangia, Italian arancia or arancio, and Old French orenge, in chronological order. The first appearance in English dates from the 14th century. The name of the colour is derived from the fruit, first appearing in this sense in the 16th century."

Answer 2

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

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

Orange derives from Sanskrit nāraṅgaḥ "orange tree". The Sanskrit word was borrowed into European languages through Persian nārang, Armenian nārinj, Arabic nāranj, (Spanish naranja and Portuguese laranja), Late Latin arangia, Italian arancia or arancio, and Old French orenge, in chronological order. The first appearance in English dates from the 14th century. The forms starting with n- are older; this initial n- may have been mistaken as part of the indefinite article, in languages with articles ending with an -n sound (e.g., in French une norenge may have been taken as une orenge). The name of the colour is derived from the fruit, first appearing in this sense in 1542.

Answer 3

No concept. it ought to be that the colour orange existed first. Then human beings got here across the fruit and questioned what to call it. Being stumped they only appeared on the colour and say "howdy! the floor's shade is particularly like the colour orange. enable's call this fruit orange!"

Answer 4

They were first discovered by a fruitologist named Dr. Orange, therefore it was named after him.

..i'm joking. I have no idea. Probably because of its colour

Answer 5

I'm sure they named oranges before they named carrots.

Answer 6

The colour is unique, & was already known before the fruit.

Answer 7

Simple fruit..Simple Name

Answer 8

I sometimes question that myself with other things like why name it a 'car?' but anyway,
Go ask your ol' ancestors. There the one's that named them that... I think?

Answer 9

maybe becuz the discover of those fruits could not think of anything else

Answer 10

because it would be silly to call it a BLUE.