SC - St. Florians Royal visit feast (assistant cook's report)
HICKS, MELISSA
HICKS_M at casa.gov.au
Sun Sep 5 22:44:08 PDT 1999
The use of the word appears to predate the appearance of oranges in Europe.
It appears to have originally been a town and region in southeast France,
Orenge.
as to when it was first used to describe the color, I have no information at
present.
Bear
> As I understand it, the word "orange" originally meant the fruit, and was
> later applied to the colour. So - does anyone know what the colour was
> called (in English) before the introduction of oranges?
>
>
> Alasdair mac Iain
>
>
>
> Laird Alasdair mac Iain of Elderslie
>
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