Adjective: vermelho
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | vermelho |
| Singular f. | vermelha |
| Plural m. | vermelhos |
| Plural f. | vermelhas |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like vermelho
desamparado,
metafórico,
extintivo,
metafísico,
autotrófico,
saxónico,
saxônico,
eslávico,
bandeiroso,
inescrupuloso,
desavergonhado,
babilónio,
babilônio,
super-humano,
acidêmico,
sereno,
sestro,
severo,
celibatário,
seboso, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis
3. Proto-Italic *wormis
4. Latin vermis
5. Proto-Indo-European *-lós
6. Proto-Indo-European *-elós
7. Proto-Italic *-elos
8. Proto-Italic *-kelos
9. Latin -culus
10. Latin vermiculus
11. Vulgar Latin *vermiclus
12. Old Galician-Portuguese vermelho
13. Portuguese vermelho
14. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vermelho (“red”), from Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to a scale insect of species Kermes vermilio, used to make a crimson dye.
15. Cognate with Galician vermello, Spanish bermejo, Asturian bermeyu, Catalan vermell, Occitan vermelh, French vermeil and Italian vermiglio. Also related to English vermilion. Doublet of vermículo, which was borrowed. See: Galician Adjectives '
vermello', Spanish Adjectives '
bermejo', Asturian Adjectives '
bermeyu', Catalan Adjectives '
vermell', French Adjectives '
vermeil', Italian Adjectives '
vermiglio', English Adjectives '
vermilion'.
Verbs referencing "vermelho"
Galician Adjectives
vermello, Catalan Adjectives
vermell, Spanish Adjectives
bermejo.
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