Etymology

vinegared

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Today it means: Seasoned with vinegar. Full definition →

English vinegar ← Middle English vynegre ← Old French vinaigre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁ō
  3. Proto-Italic*wīnom
  4. Latinvīnum
  5. Old Frenchvin
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱrós
  8. Proto-Italic*akris
  9. Classical Latinācer
  10. Late Latinācrus
  11. Old Frenchaigre
  12. Old Frenchvinaigre
  13. Middle Englishvynegre
  14. Englishvinegar
  15. English todayvinegared

From vinegar + -ed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.