Etymograph

English

vinho

Vinho comes from Portuguese vinho ‘wine’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wóyh₁nom1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnom1‘wine’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnum1‘wine’
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500vinho1‘wine’
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentvinho2‘wine’
  6. Englishtodayvinho2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Portuguese vinho
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English vinho

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wóyh₁nomWiktionary, Portuguese vinhoreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnomWiktionary, Portuguese vinho‘wine’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnumWiktionary, Portuguese vinho‘wine’
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500vinhoWiktionary, Portuguese vinho‘wine’
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentvinhoWiktionary, English vinho‘wine’
  6. EnglishtodayvinhoWiktionary, English vinho

Linked words

through Latin vīnum ‘wine’

wine, vinyl, vine, vignette, vino, 17 more

Today it means

noun Portuguese wine.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “vinho”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Portuguese vinho. 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 *wóyh₁nom / vinho

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