The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromvīnētārius“wine dealer”
- Old French · derived fromvineter
- Middle English · inherited fromvyntener
- English todayvintner
From Middle English vyntener, variant of viniter, from Old French vineter, vinetier (“wine-merchant, grape-harvester”), from Medieval Latin vīnētārius (“wine dealer”), from vīnētum (“vineyard”), from vīnum (“wine”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.