Etymology

vinnewed

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Today it means: Mouldy; (by extension) having some other unwanted or spoiling growth like mould. Full definition →

Middle English yvyned ← Old English ġefinegod
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromfynegian“to become mouldy”
  2. Old English · inherited fromġefinegod
  3. Middle English · inherited fromyvyned
  4. English todayvinnewed

From Middle English yvyned (past participle of vynyen, *vinewen, *fenowen (“to be mouldy”)), from Old English ġefinegod, *ġefynegod, past participle of Old English fynegian (“to become mouldy”), from fyniġ (“mouldy, musty”), equivalent to finew + -ed. Doublet of fenowed. Related to Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”). More at finew.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishyvyned all →

fenowed

Old Englishfynegian all →

fenowed

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.