Etymology

winetree

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Today it means: A grapevine. Full definition →

Middle English wintre ← Old English wīntrēow ← Proto-West Germanic *wīnatreu
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wīnatrewą
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wīnatreu
  3. Old English · inherited fromwīntrēow
  4. Middle English · inherited fromwintre
  5. English todaywinetree

From Middle English wintre, variant of vyne-tre, from Old English wīntrēow, from Proto-West Germanic *wīnatreu, from Proto-Germanic *wīnatrewą, equivalent to wine + tree.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwīntrēow all →

vinetree

Proto-Germanic*wīnatrewą all →

vinetree

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