If an orange is called an orange why is a banana not called a yellow?
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The word "orange" ultimately comes from Sanskrit narang. However, in Persian the word narang includes all the citrus fruits that are orange in color, including tangerines,mandarin, clementines, etc.
Some believe the word narang comes from the Tamil word 'naru'… meaning fragrant.
Others believe narangi derived its name from the combination of the Persian word anar (rust-color) and the word rang-i (color), eventually becoming became narangi for the name of the fruit and also for the color orange. The Iranian link below gives a lot more detail on this, if you are interested.
But oranges aren't always called oranges. In a number of languages, the fruit is not named for its color but is known as a "Chinese apple" (eg. Dutch Sinaasappel (China's apple)).
The word banana is of West African origin, possibly Wolof or Mandinka, and passed into English via Spanish or Portuguese. Remember this is only for the sweet versions of the fruit. The cooking version is a plaintain.
Then again, why is yellow not called "banana"?
because that would be stupid.
Because people are strange.
Also because then a lemon would be called a yellow too, and you'd get confused.
I think you need somthing else to think about
why is apple not caled a green, why is your **** not called a brown.
I dont think whoever named the orange wanted to call it an orange. Maybe someone was just saying it is orange and everybody else thought he/she said it's an orange and the name stuck! (?)
b/c its not?
thats bcos apple is not called red
and bcos u r not called american bastard
ur bastardness is ur character ,but is not in ur name
same as in banana(dick)
the fruit was naranja in spain.english people thought spanish people were calling it "an orange",they were calling it "a naranj' or a naranja". i read that in a book about words once.i think it was written by linguist william safire.
cuz bananas arent always yellow (sometimes they are brown, and no, i dont mean rotten, its a diff type). BUT i dont think we would get confused cuz lemons are also yellow, since mangos, peaches, tangerines, and a bunch of other fruits are also orange, and we dont get those confused, do we?
its for the same reason that a lime is not called a green,and a pineapple is not called a spikey thing,this could go on forever
because you weren't around when the names were pick well heres your chance!i love the yellow its very nutritious,of course who am i to say im black,or is it brown,get it, HA! HA!
Cause if everything was named after its colour we'd all be bananas!
It would have to be called a ' Green then yellow '
response to one of your answers - i work for a stationery company and there is a shade of paper called flash banana, and its yellow!!
Right, back to your question:- a black berry is called a blackberry yet a gooseberry is not called a green berry!!
It is. You're confusing a yellow with a spongflarmble.
That's a bit daft, but if you want to talk fruit/vegetable colours then a carrot would be called a purple & not an orange, as they were that colour originally & a cauliflower would be called a white or a purple as they come in both colours, it would all be horribly confusing?!
Good question
Yeah alright then.!
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