amarillo

/amaˈɾiʝo/ · B1 · adj

yellow or golden

🍋🌻 Amarillo, Texas: a city named for the yellow soil and flowers around it

It likely comes from Late Latin amarellus, from amarus meaning bitter. That links to bile, which is both bitter and yellow. So it runs bitter, then bile, then yellow. Same root as amargo, bitter.

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