Etymology

vinasse

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Today it means: The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, used in the manufacture of fertiliser or potassium carbonate. Full definition →

French vinasse ← Latin vīnācea
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  1. Latin · derived fromvīnācea
  2. French · borrowed fromvinasse
  3. English todayvinasse

Borrowed from French vinasse, ultimately from Latin vīnācea.

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