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That is interesting, because the Spanish word for "orange" is naranja (both the color and the fruit).
by NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
That is interesting, because the Spanish word for "orange" is naranja (both the color and the fruit).
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- the_only_law 3y agoLooks like it came from an Arabic word, based on a Persian word, based on a Sanskrit word. Not too surprising given Iberia was occupied by Muslim peoples for a while. I was curious because I swear I’ve heard somewhere that the English word for the fruit is where the color gets the name, though I could be making that up, and was curious if that originated in other languages.
- justincormack 3y agoThe English word was a norange before switching to an orange, so it was naranja too pretty much.
- friend_and_foe 3y agoThis word is a clear descendent in all indoeuropean languages (and as a loan word in many others including Arabic) for the fruit and often for the color, which is named after the fruit, not the other way around. "Orange" the word is also derived from the root of the word "naranj".