Etymograph

English

vino

Vino comes from Spanish vino ‘wine’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéyh₁ō‘wine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnom‘wine’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnum‘wine’
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500vino‘wine’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘wine’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2008same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéyh₁ō‘wine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnom‘wine’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnum‘wine’
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500vino‘wine’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘wine’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2008same form

Earliest quotation: 2008, Kimberly Chun, No castaways here: We drool over these Treasure Island jewel: “Can we expect more of the same Clown Alley–style…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ‘to twist, wind, weave, plait’

with, weak, wire, novel, iris, vise, vetch, 29 more

through Latin vīnum ‘wine’

wine, vinyl, vine, vignette, 18 more

Today it means

noun Wine.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō / vino

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