Meaning

noun a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge

verb color vermilion

adjective of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin vermiculus Vulgar Latin *vermiclus Old French vermeil Old French vermeillonbor. Middle English vermelioun English vermilion From Middle English vermelioun, vermyloun, vermylon, vermilun, from Old French…

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