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*wīnom1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnum1‘wine’
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīną1‘wine’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wīn1‘wine’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīn1‘wine’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wyn1
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1839wine1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English wine
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1839, Thomas Chandler Haliburton: “I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīnomWiktionary, English winereconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīnumWiktionary, English wine‘wine’
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīnąWiktionary, English wine‘wine’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wīnWiktionary, English wine‘wine’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīnWiktionary, English wine‘wine’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wynWiktionary, English wine
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1839wineWiktionary, English wine. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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%.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “wine”. 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-Italic *wīnom / wine

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