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The fruit came first. It comes from French, which took it from Arabic, which now calls an “orange” by the name “Portugal”. Before the fruit appeared, we had th
by klodolph 7y ago
The fruit came first. It comes from French, which took it from Arabic, which now calls an “orange” by the name “Portugal”.
Before the fruit appeared, we had the word “geoluread” which was literally just “yellowred”.
- JdeBP 7y agoWe also had (the antecedents of) "brown". (-: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22324298 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22324298)