The Picard ManeuverMandela effect?
bionicjoeyVer- words are often green because of Latin. “Verde” in Italian, “Vert” in French, “Verdant” in English
blaue_FledermausAlso "verde" in Portuguese, but red is "vermelho"
Yeah, except for vermilion which comes from latin vermis and means worm.
Ricky RigatoniVermillion is such a pretty word to mean worm colored…
I guess a worm can be cute if you give it a bow to wear.
But worms are brown.
Actually worms are transparent but they eat dirt, so they’re brown.
AutistoMephistoAnd perhaps at one point they ate clay, so they would have been more reddish in color.
Googled it. It wasn’t because of worms in general. It was from Vermiculus which is the diminutive of Vermis but also was how they called a very specific worm, at some point in time the only way they knew where to get red pigments from was by crushing this worm.
There are plenty of pink and red worms out there. And grey. And some green. A few blue.
Same as vermicelli. Pasta that looks like vermin/worms.
Yeah and million is for dollars which is green.
Verd/vert is the prefix. You can’t just cut off the last letter.
Verily.
in portuguese vermelho is red tho lol
BjörnBecause “vert” is the French word for green.
originalucifernaw, its the french poisoning your mind
green in french is vert
For those of us in the US, we’re more likely to encounter the Spanish “verde.”
Given most of the US population lives between Massachusetts and Florida (so would likely have more of French exposure via English and history) , and the French influence in lots of English, it’s a toss up.
I certainly learned the French vert long before the Spanish verde.
You’re telling me you never encountered salsa verde before learning the French word “vert”? Even if true, I highly doubt that’s the norm.
And I’m not sure why you think being on the East Coast matters. 13% of Americans speak Spanish at home, less than 0.4% speak French or Cajun at home. That’s a ridiculously huge region you’ve cited that includes NYC where you’re probably going to visit a bodega long before you learn “vert” and Florida which has major Spanish influence, just like the other two most populous states California and Texas. I live about 100 miles from the Canadian border in the west, so by your geographic argument I should encounter more French than Spanish, but Spanish exposure is way more common here.
ThirdWorldOrderI live on the east coast and took French for many years since I also lived in Canada. I’ve only heard of verde. No I didn’t do well in French class
morgunkornWe also have “vermeille” in France
FoolishSageIn Portuguese “vermelho” is red
I always feel like Portuguese is the romance language that hated their parents and refused to participate in any family activities. Like Latin is in the front seat yelling back “Cur non eritis sicut sorores tuae!” and Portuguese is in the way back going, “Pare de tentar controlar quem eu sou!”
Portuguese is what happens when you let a bunch of drunk sailors create their own language.
Funny because I have literally heard Portuguese called “Drunken Spanish”.
Blahaj_BlastI’ve heard it sounds like someone with a Slavic accent speaking Spanish
People speaking Russian always triggers my Portuguese language processor, so yeah I’d say that’s accurate.
Here’s the thing about Portuguese: you can go from portuguese to other romance languages much more easily than the reverse. If you want to learn Italian, French and Portuguese, start with Portuguese.
And some Slavic words have Latin origins. This guys explain it better:
[English subtitles btw]
Palavras parecidas em português e russo
MudManAw, came here to say that and got beaten to the punch. Damn you, fast Portuguese speakers.
Destroyer of Worlds 3000colorblind people are like, “yeah, totally.”
Can colourblind people not see the words either?
(⬤ᴥ⬤)this is what colorblind people see every day
They find diamond every day? Lucky people
Well the most common type of colored blindness is red green color blindness.
And apparently diamonds are blue.
So yeah
Lol good point :D
therealjcdentonI played too much “Sword of Vermilion” on Sega Genesis to have this particular issue.
How to start a fight with an etymologist…
Just tell them that beetles are stupid
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No, it’s yellow like Electric type.
Literally my thought.
g0d0fm15ch13fChartreuse as well tbh…
You just need to drink more fancy alcohol and associate it with the liqueur it’s named after.
I have a fictional scenario I invented where a blind man is completely confused that “maroon” is a shade of red, not blue, given that it relates to the sea.
you’re thinking of verdant
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.
skulblakaVerde 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.
A fancy word for green in English is Viridian
TheLowestStoneIt’s actually the name of a bluish green pigment not just a fancy work for green.
Was all the rage with impressionists
Weren’t they a Star Trek species that used to harvest your organs used to harvest your organs?
Vidian, close tho
No, vidiian
Vermillion also comes from Latin, Vermiculus. Mainly used in Portuguese as vermelho for red.
I guess green just has that veeerrrr kind of vibe.
I feel the same sort of way about chartreuse. Can we just switch them?
Chartreuse is literally named after the green French liquor.
It’s my favorite alcohol, and the color is amazing.
I will not accept this blasphemy
𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒Chartreuse is my favorite color! >:| this is blasphemy
“a drink so good they named a colour after it”