Etymograph

English

pinot

Pinot comes from French pinot, from pin ‘pine, pine tree (Pinus)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *poi- ‘sap, juice’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*poi-‘sap, juice’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīnus‘pine tree, fir tree’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pin
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘pine, pine tree (Pinus)’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentpinot
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2004same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*poi-‘sap, juice’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīnus‘pine tree, fir tree’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pin
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘pine, pine tree (Pinus)’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentpinot
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2004same form

Earliest quotation: 2004, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor: “You see, the reason that this region is so…”

Linked words

through Latin pīnus ‘pine tree, fir tree’

pine, piñata, 8 more

through French pinot

grigio

Today it means

noun Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *poi- / pinot

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