Are oranges called oranges because oranges are orange or is orange called orange because oranges are orange?

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chrisv Follow
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Orange the fruit came first. The word came into English either from Old French 'pomme d'orenge', or from the Spanish 'naranja' (with the subsequent transfer of the 'n' over to the indefinite article, as per 'apron' and 'adder', originally 'napron' and 'nadder').

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- Julia420
  
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  ‘Pomme d’orenge’ = Apple orange?
  Sorry I’m french lol and that didn’t make much sense
  
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- chrisv
  
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  If you’re French- and you don’t get it, you aren’t from France. Pomme d’terre is a potato... so it’s entirely consistent with the language..
  
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- Julia420
  
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  I’m from Quebec not France
  And yah pomme to terre = Apple from the ground = potato
  I know that. But never heard someone call an orange “pomme d’orange”
  
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- chrisv
  
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  Bloody pretend French
  
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SodaInACardboardBox Follow
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no its called an orange because red needed a better looking friend.

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  Who was reds ugly friend?
  
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- SodaInACardboardBox
  
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  maroon
  
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Onlythisone Follow
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I think you mean: Are oranges called oranges because oranges are orange or is an orange called an orange because an orange is orange

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- Julia420
  
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  Take away the an from “an orange” and then both ways will make sense
  
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- Onlythisone
  
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  Are you saying what you meant was: Are oranges called orange because oranges are orange or is orange called an orange because it is orange?
  
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- Julia420
  
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  Dude this is really confusing 😂😂
  I meant what I wrote
  
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- Julia420
  
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  Oranges = the fruit
  Orange = the color
  
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- Onlythisone
  
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  "Are fruit called fruit because fruit are color or is color called color because fruit are color?"
  
  What you asked is the same question twice, it should have been is a fruit called a fruit because it is a color or because it is a fruit.
  
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I think oranges being called oranges
And orange being called orange are completly unrealtated..

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lovelyhoneybones Follow
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You have too much friend time on your hands, buddy.

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- Julia420
  
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  It’s 11pm. I am eating an orange and i was wondering this. Don’t see how that means I have to much time on my hands or makes me your “buddy”
  
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- lovelyhoneybones
  
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  Everyone is my buddy.
  
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OldSchool_Metalhead Follow
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my brain short circuited..

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Jjpayne Follow
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https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gDoSl-M5tmM/hqdefault.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDoSl-M5tmM

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- Jjpayne
  
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  Oranges poranges, who says, oranges poranges,
  who says, oranges poranges, who says--
  there ain't no rhyme for oranges!
  
  Song sung on an episode of the children's TV show H. R. Pufnstuf by the character Witchiepoo
  
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ThePundertaker Follow
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Maybe it was a translation issue.
Man says to dumb man
Man: this is an orange
Dumb man picks up crayon: orange
Man: no this is an organ he
Dumb man: this orange too no?
Man: no THIS is orange
Dumb man: dis orange too
Man (now annoyed): YEAH okay fine it is orange!
Dumb man: hey peepo! Dis es orange!
And a few hundred years later...

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QrowBranwen Follow
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Orange, because of the fruit.

Two peanuts are walking down the street... one was assaulted...

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- ThePundertaker
  
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  Even I cringed at that pun
  
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- QrowBranwen
  
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  Know why the bicycle couldn't stand on its own? It was too (two) tired...
  
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- Julia420
  
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  What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?
  
  Aye matey
  
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- ThePundertaker
  
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  I enjoyed that one 😊
  
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- QrowBranwen
  
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  Pirate walks into a bar...
  
  Bartender asks 'why's there a steering-wheel on your belt?'
  
  Pirate replies 'yarr... it be driving me nuts...'
  
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- ThePundertaker
  
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  Lol. That redeems it.
  
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CrypticWords213 Follow
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Some old dude wasn't happy with everyone rhyming stuff so he came up with orange

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- Julia420
  
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  ... door hinge
  
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- CrypticWords213
  
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  That too
  
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jimyee Follow
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Apparently the fruit. Orange the color used to be called yellow-red.

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Borat_Sagidiev Follow
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No. Is because they were potato before. Everbody know a this!

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NovissimumVirorum Follow
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Whoa!
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- NovissimumVirorum
  
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  Apparently it referred to the fruit first then the colour
  
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Jayden01 Follow
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The fruit was called orange first the colors actual original name was red-yellow

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ethan45 Follow
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That's a good question you'd have to find out which one was discovered first and named first

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KhoryESM Follow
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Lol there called orange because of the color I think

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stuntbrain Follow
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I wish something rhymed with orange

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- Julia420
  
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  Door hinge?
  
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- stuntbrain
  
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  Hmmm... I'll accept it 👌
  
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hello_kitty_man Follow
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what came first the chicken or the egg?

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- Julia420
  
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  Scientist have proven that the egg came first
  
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- hello_kitty_man
  
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  You can't have an egg without a chicken and a cock
  
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- Julia420
  
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  I feel like you just put cock in there to make a sexual reference 😂😂
  And before the evolution of a chicken, there were dinosaurs who also laid eggs
  
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- hello_kitty_man
  
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  No a cock is a male chicken
  
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- QrowBranwen
  
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  The rooster...
  
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Oranges were named before the colour was.

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vishna Follow
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I thought they were named after the color.

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starsaber Follow
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Sounds about right lol:)

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- Julia420
  
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  Well which one😂 was the fruit names after the color or the color after the fruit?
  
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- starsaber
  
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  Color of fruit I think
  
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owens97 Follow
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im pretty sure its cause there orange

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Andrewlongguard Follow
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How much did you smoke?

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carloschena Follow
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Thats a lot of orange lol

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Slim57 Follow
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Oranges...

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- Julia420
  
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  What about them?
  
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- Slim57
  
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  I drew a blank on this one
  
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Kandy-Kane Follow
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🤔 Idunno

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