one of the red word english is heir to, is
vermillion..

1. A bright red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment. 2. A vivid red to reddish orange.
ADJECTIVE: Of a vivid red to reddish orange.
To color or dye (something) in the hue vermilion.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English vermelion, from Old French vermeillon, from vermeil. See vermeil.

IE root:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE571.html

The root word, is one we will keep coming back to...
since english has a number of red words with this same root. its really interesting to see how each language started with the same thing, and ended up with something different, and how english got them all!



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