köken: Inherited from Old Spanish vermejo (“red”), from Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, syncopated form of Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a species of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Compare Portuguese vermelho. Compare also Proto-Slavic *čьrvenъ (“red”), which is a passive participle of *čьrviti (“to dye using *čьrvь”), where *čьrvь…
köken: Borrowed from Occitan vermelh, or from French vermeil, in either case from Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, syncopated from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”).
köken: From Early Middle Japanese adjective 赤(あか)し (akashi), with the 終(しゅう)止(し)形(けい) (shūshikei, “predicative form”) ending in し (shi) first replaced with the 連(れん)体(たい)形(けい) (rentaikei, “attributive form”) ending in き (ki), and then with the medial /-k-/ falling out to result in an ending of い (i). Cognate with 明るい (akarui, “bright”). Medial voiceless plosives, like /-k-/, underwent voicing, then…
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köken: Of Kipchak origin from Proto-Turkic *āl (“shiny, glittering”) + -ен (-en), reinforced by Russian а́лый (ályj, “scarlet”) and Turkish al (“crimson”). Encountered as part of the name Old Church Slavonic Елтимир (Eltimir), a Bulgarian warlord from the 13th century, believed to be a brother of czar George Terter.