ماندی فاندی روز فکت

welcome to the second episode of

Monday Fun day, Fact day!

Today’s fact is about this

Orange!

So, here’s the question

which came first?

The color?

or the fruit?

Did just someone make the un-creative decision

To name the fruit after its color?

Well, this is how the Blueberry got its name by the way

But no.

no.

The answer is neither!

well, one did come before the other

but neither was actually the first meaning of the word.

The word orange

was actually first used to describe the tree

that the fruit grows on.

The word’s roots can be traced all the way back

to the word Nāranga

which evolved into the Persian word nārang

or the Arabic word nāranj

so technically this is Persian