Etymology

vinegary

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Today it means: Sour; like vinegar. Full definition →

English vinegar ← Middle English vynegre ← Old French vinaigre
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  1. Old Frenchvinaigre
  2. Middle Englishvynegre
  3. Englishvinegar
  4. English todayvinegary

From vinegar + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.