Etymograph

English

vinophilic

Vinophilic comes from Latin vīnum ‘wine’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéyh₁ō1‘wine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnom1‘wine’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnum2‘wine’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2013vinophilic2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin vinum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English vinophilic
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2013, Erica Hannickel, University of Pennsylvania Press: “In the past, grape and wine history has been…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéyh₁ōWiktionary, Latin vinum‘wine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnomWiktionary, Latin vinum‘wine’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnumWiktionary, English vinophilic‘wine’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2013vinophilicWiktionary, English vinophilic. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2013, Erica Hannickel, University of Pennsylvania Press: “In the past, grape and wine history has been…”

Formed from vīnum + -philic

Linked words

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

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

through Latin vīnum ‘wine’

wine, vinyl, vine, vignette, 18 more

Today it means

adj Synonym of oenophilic.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “vinophilic”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin vinum. 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 *wéyh₁ō / vinophilic

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