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Re:Color or Fruit? The Unlikely Etymology of “Orange” by schoen on Friday July 27, 2018 @06:50PM (#17630104)
Wiktionary confirms that the name of the fruit came from the name of the country:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A...

(via Greek, via Venetian!)

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