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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 37 points 5 months ago

It's because the ver looks like vert which is the french word for green

Vermont is derived from Green Mountain

So vermilion looks like it could mean a green million, which sounds like a funny way to say a million dollars.

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 24 points 5 months ago

Verde is also green in Spanish. A quick translation tells me that in Latin it's Viridis which makes it make sense that it's similar in most Latin based languages.

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago

A fancy word for green in English is Viridian

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

It's actually the name of a bluish green pigment not just a fancy work for green.

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

Was all the rage with impressionists

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Weren't they a Star Trek species that used to harvest your organs?

[-] DpZer0126@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago
[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago
[-] GreatDong3000@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Vermillion also comes from Latin, Vermiculus. Mainly used in Portuguese as vermelho for red.

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I guess green just has that veeerrrr kind of vibe.

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