If the name of the color is orange, why isn’t lemon called «green»?

Why orangeas color, It is originating from name from the fruit orangewhile O name from the color green has nothing to do with O lemon.

The word orange, referring to the fruit, comes from the Arabic “nâranj”, derived from “nâranga”, in Sanskrit. When the Arabs began to intensify their commercial trips to Europe, they took the fruit with them. It caused such an impact among Europeans that they established that this color would henceforth have a name – the same as the fruit. Until then, it was perceived as a variation of yellow or red.

The word green comes from the Latin “viridis”, whose corresponding verb, “vivere”, means to live, to grow green. This is one of the few colors that has ever appeared with its name properly associated.

Also check out the origin of the names of the colors red, blue, yellow and others.

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