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From: dacosta@prl.philips.nl (Paulo da Costa)
Subject: Re: Question on Romance lexicon
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In <Cz0EKn.AKz@news.cern.ch> German Fernandez <german@hpl3sn03.cern.ch> writes:

>bruno@ibis.ece.cmu.edu (Marcelo Bruno) writes:

>>  I would also appreciate some information on the origin of Port vermelho
>>(Eng red) which again is distinct from Sp rojo or Fr rouge.
>                                   ,
>But similar to Sp bermejo & bermellon and Fr vermeil.

"Vermelho" took over from "roxo", which now means "purple".

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