英语词汇vermilion的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	vermilion
词源	vermilion. Why does this bright red take its name from the Latin vermis, for “worm, maggot, or crawling insect”? It seems that in days past vermilion dye was made from scarlet body flu- id of cochineal insects.
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