Etymograph

English

wine

Wine comes from Old English wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, one of the earliest borrowings from Latin vīnum ‘wine’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnomreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnum‘wine’
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīną‘wine’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wīn‘wine’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīn‘wine’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wyn
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1839wine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnomreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnum‘wine’
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīną‘wine’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wīn‘wine’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīn‘wine’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wyn
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1839wine

Earliest quotation: 1839, Thomas Chandler Haliburton: “I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went…”

Linked words

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

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

through Latin vīnum

vinyl, vine, vignette, vino, 18 more

Today it means

noun An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *wīnom / wine

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