vine

vine · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wóyh₁nom“vine, wine”
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*wīnom
3. Latin · derived fromvīnea“vines in a vineyard”
4. Vulgar Latin · derived fromvīnia
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromvigne
6. Middle English · inherited fromvyne
7. English todayvine

From Middle English vyne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.

Vine · noun²

From the American short-form video hosting service Vine, active from 2012 to 2016, possibly from vine.

Words from the same roots