Etymology

antiwine

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Today it means: Opposed to the drinking of wine. Full definition →

English wine ← Middle English wyn ← Old English wīn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁ō
  9. Proto-Italic*wīnom
  10. Latinvīnum
  11. Proto-Germanic*wīną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*wīn
  13. Old Englishwīn
  14. Middle Englishwyn
  15. Englishwine
  16. English todayantiwine

From anti- + wine.

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