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From: German Fernandez <german@hpl3sn03.cern.ch>
Subject: Re: Question on Romance lexicon
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Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 16:45:57 GMT
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bruno@ibis.ece.cmu.edu (Marcelo Bruno) writes:



> I was wondering what the origin of the Portuguese word "ontem" (Eng yesterday)
>is. It puzzles me that Port ontem is very different from

>It ieri
>Fr hier
>Sp ayer


>  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.

    ,      ,
German Fernandez
