Etymology

Orvieto

Or·vie·to
O1R1V4I1E1T1O1

Today it means: A white wine from that town. Full definition →

Latin Urbs Vetus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromUrbs Vetus
  2. English todayOrvieto

From Italian Orvieto, from Latin Urbs Vetus (literally “old city”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.