Is an orange called an orange because of the color or is the color called orange because of the fruit?
the egg has been around way longer than chickens. a better question is "what came first: he chicken or the chicken egg?" still it would be the egg. because internal gestation or not, we all come from fertilized eggs.
this would be a question for linguistic historians, and somewhat deeper and more self diciplined then is likely to be seen here. =^^= .../\...
Woah, that sounds heavy! Self-discipline? Its an orange! I know a tiny bit about language...a tiny bit. If i had to guess id say the colour "orange" was named first, as im guessing the word "orange" is from around the European parts, as the word is the same in French and English? Ok so i am ignorant, and i AM guessing, but this is random thoughts, not bloody mensa international! So anyway if its from around here, and not tropically places where oranges grow, then theyd be seeing other orange objects like carrots and flowers and theyd need a word for it. They wouldnt await the importation of the orange.
Orange derives from Sanskrit nāraṅgaḥ "orange tree".[citation needed] 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. Ooh looks like i was wrong
Well, I would guess the fruit cos the skin of ripe oranges from Northern Thailand is green and they are still called 'som' which translates as orange.
