Etymograph

English

beno

Beno comes from Spanish vino ‘wine’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ‘to twist, wind, weave, plait’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁y-1‘to twist, wind, weave, plait’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéyh₁ō1‘wine’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnom1‘wine’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnum1‘wine’
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500vino1‘wine’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentvino2‘wine’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1900beno2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Spanish vino
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English beno
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1900, Harper’s History of the War in the Phili: “In cases of continuous intoxication it results in dysentery,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁y-Wiktionary, Spanish vino‘to twist, wind, weave, plait’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéyh₁ōWiktionary, Spanish vino‘wine’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnomWiktionary, Spanish vino‘wine’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnumWiktionary, Spanish vino‘wine’
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500vinoWiktionary, Spanish vino‘wine’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentvinoWiktionary, English beno‘wine’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1900benoWiktionary, English beno. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1900, Harper’s History of the War in the Phili: “In cases of continuous intoxication it results in dysentery,…”

Linked words

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

with, weak, wire, novel, iris, vise, vetch, 28 more

through Latin vīnum ‘wine’

wine, vinyl, vine, vignette, 17 more

through Spanish vino ‘wine’

vino

Today it means

noun An alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented sap of palm trees, originating from the Philippines.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “beno”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Spanish vino. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- / beno

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