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Old French and Anglo-Norman orenge
- The word "orange" entered Middle English from Old French and Anglo-Norman orenge. The earliest recorded use of the word in English is from the 13th century and referred to the fruit.
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The word is derived from a Dravidian language, and it passed through numerous other languages including Sanskrit and Old French before reaching the English language. The earliest uses of the word in English refer to the fruit, and the color was later named after the fruit.
Jun 10, 2023 · The name is from the town of Orange on the Rhone in France, which became part of the Nassau principality in 1530. Its Roman name was Arausio, which is said in 19c. sources to be from aura "a breeze" and a reference to the north winds which rush down the valley, but perhaps this is folk etymology of a Celtic word.
Mar 9, 2018 · It’s thought that the orange fruit originally came from China – the German word Apfelsine and the Dutch sinaasappel (Chinese apple) reflect this. Historians believe the fruit made its way to Europe either by Italian traders or Portuguese navigators around 1500.
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The earliest known use of the word orange is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for orange is from before 1400, in the writing of J. Mirfield.
The word “orange” can be traced back to the Sanskrit word “naranga,” which referred to a fragrant citrus fruit that was cultivated in India and Southeast Asia. The word was then adopted into Persian and Arabic as “naranj,” which referred to both the fruit and its color.
The earliest evidence for the use of orange as a color term in English comes from 1512, several centuries after the other terms had been established. In Old English, you would need to say "yellow-red" ( ġeolu-rēad) to describe something orange-colored.
Jul 27, 2018 · The word for “orange” in modern-day Tamil, the surviving Dravidian language that gave us the original root of the word, is arancu, pronounced almost exactly like the English word “orange” and in fact borrowed from it. But none of this actually gets us to color. Only the fruit does that.
