The story
- Latin · derived fromvīnea
- French · borrowed fromvignette
- English todayvignette
First attested in 1751. From French vignette, diminutive of vigne (“vine”), from Latin vīnea, from vīnum (“wine”). Replaced earlier Middle English vynet.
Words from the same roots
Latinvīnea all →
vine
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.