Original: Some etymologists have suggested that carambola , in turn , was derived from a yellow-to-orange , tropical Asian fruit also known in Portuguese as a carambola ( which was a corruption of the original name of the fruit , karambal in the Marathi language of India ) , also known as star fruit .
Simplified: Some people who study word origins suggest that carambola was originally the name of a yellow-to-orange colored , tropical Asian fruit , known in Portuguese as a carambola . This was taken from an earlier word , karambal , from the Marathi language of India , also known as starfruit .