The color orange was named after the fruit, with mentions found in British documents from the 14th century. The name was applied to color from the mid-16th century, after the fruit was introduced to the Caribbean and North America. The term “orange” went through several incarnations before its translation into English. There is no consensus on how people described the color of the fruit before the mid-16th century. Orange trees were not grown in Hawaii until the late 18th century.
The orange color is named after the fruit. Mentions of the fruit with this name are found in British documents as early as the 14th century. According to the Oxford Etymology Dictionary, the name was also applied to color from the mid-16th century. The association between color and fruit occurred after Christopher Columbus introduced the fruit tree to the Caribbean in 14 and Ponce de Leon brought orange seeds to North America in 16.
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The name “orange” went through several incarnations before its translation into English. The term passed through several languages, including Sanskrit and Arabic, before undergoing a process known as meta-analysis, the dropping of the first letter and adding that letter to the end of the word. The English word is often thought to be based on the Italian or French translations.
There is no consensus on how people described the color of the fruit before the mid-16th century. Descriptions of fruits that are amber, yellow, red, or golden may have been in reference to the fruit of the Persian bitter oranges and sweet oranges brought to Europe from India.
Orange trees were not grown in Hawaii until the late 18th century.
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