Re:Color or Fruit? On the Unlikely Etymology of “Orange” (2018)
by mcv on Thursday January 21, 2021 @09:00AM
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In Dutch, appelsien is archaic, sinaasappel is the modern name. Though the word for juice, sinaasappelsap, is increasingly being replaced with the French jus d'orange.
Despite Dutch not using a variation of "orange" for the fruit, we do use "oranje" for the colour, which, due to the name of our royal house, has also become the national colour.
Despite Dutch not using a variation of "orange" for the fruit, we do use "oranje" for the colour, which, due to the name of our royal house, has also become the national colour.