Etymograph

English

vine

Vine comes from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Latin vīnea ‘vines in a vineyard’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ‘to twist, wrap’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁y-1‘to twist, wrap’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wóyh₁nom1‘vine, wine’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnom1‘wine’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnum1‘wine’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīneus1‘related to wine’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnea1‘vines in a vineyard’
  7. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEvīnia1
  8. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400vigne1
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vyne1
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1859vine1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English vine
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia: “Irám indeed is gone with all its Rose, And…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₁y-Wiktionary, English vine‘to twist, wrap’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wóyh₁nomWiktionary, English vine‘vine, wine’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnomWiktionary, English vine‘wine’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnumWiktionary, English vine‘wine’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīneusWiktionary, English vine‘related to wine’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīneaWiktionary, English vine‘vines in a vineyard’
  7. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEvīniaWiktionary, English vine
  8. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400vigneWiktionary, English vine
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vyneWiktionary, English vine
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1859vineWiktionary, English vine. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia: “Irám indeed is gone with all its Rose, And…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ‘to twist, wrap’

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

through Latin vīnum ‘wine’

wine, vinyl, vino, 18 more

through Vulgar Latin vīnia

vignette, 1 more

Today it means

noun Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “vine”. 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- / vine

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