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		zabzonk on May 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the lemon was invented (2018) presumably you mean "citroen"? in which case this is from the companies' founder's surname, and is french, and is not the name of a car but of a brand.

dmurray on May 26, 2023 | [–]

Yes, and Mr Citroën was named after the fruit. Or more precisely, his grandfather, a grocer, was named after it.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Citro%C3%ABn

samstave on May 26, 2023 | [–]

Ah, I was wrong. Thank you/

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