Etymology

vinolent

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Today it means: fond of drinking wine, especially to excess Full definition →

Middle English vynolent ← Latin vinolentus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvinum“wine”
  2. Latin · derived fromvinolentus
  3. Middle English · inherited fromvynolent
  4. English todayvinolent

From Middle English vynolent, from Latin vinolentus, from Latin vinum (“wine”).

Words from the same roots

Latinvinum all →

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