The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμπελῖτις“of or for vines”
- Latin · learned borrowing fromampelitis
- English todayampelite
From Latin ampelitis, from Ancient Greek ἀμπελῖτις (ampelîtis, “of or for vines”), from ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.