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First recorded in 1920–25; from Russian ��������ó�Ա�ٲ�, Old Russian chervon(n)yi “a similar gold coin,” from Polish czerwony “a gold coin”, literally, “red” (apparently because gold of a high purity was thought to have a reddish cast), cognate with Czech č��������ý, Serbo-Croatian cr̀ven, cr̀(v)ljen, Bulgarian ��������é��, from unattested Slavic čṛv������, originally past participle of unattested čṛv���پ� “to dye red,” derivative of unattested čṛvĭ “w�ǰ���,” kermes ( Serbo-Croatian ����̂��, Polish czerw, Russian ��������ʾ ), a by-form of unattested čṛmĭ; compare Old Church Slavonic �����ĭ��ĭ��ŭ “r���”; crimson, vermilion