Which came first the word for the colour 'orange' or the word for the fruit..?
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As the fruit, via Arabic naranj came from India, the original word was Hindi :nārangī : later, "a norange" became "an orange". The colour was named after the fruit.
the color
I would say the colour orange came first, as the orange was orange before the orange was found if that makes sense!
i think the fruit came first and it inspired them to create a colour from it
You are all wrong, it is the name of a town in the South of France
The fruit because it has long been in existence before english language came into being.
the word for the fruit
Fruit probably. Remember Adam and his apple?!
Word for the fruit.
I could be neither ? Could be a place name?
no-one knows.
What came first the chicken or the egg? No-one knows.
What came first the pirate or the dolphin? No-one knows. (that is a Greek myth about pirates being turned into dolphins because of their actions).
Who knows the answer?
I certainately don't!!
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