Etymology

vinney

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Today it means: A traditional blue cheese made in Dorset, England, from skimmed cows' milk. Full definition →

Middle English *vinny ← Old English fyniġ
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromfyniġ“mouldy”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*vinny
  3. English todayvinney

Variant of vinny (“mouldy”) used substantively, from Middle English *vinny, *finny, from Old English fyniġ (“mouldy”); related to vinew.

Words from the same roots

Middle English*vinny all →

vinny

Old Englishfyniġ all →

vinny

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