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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.
Verde 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
It'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?
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.