Etymology

wino

W4I1N1O1

Today it means: A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard. Full definition →

English oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh
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wino · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁ō
  3. Proto-Italic*wīnom
  4. Latinvīnum
  5. Proto-Germanic*wīną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*wīn
  7. Old Englishwīn
  8. Middle Englishwyn
  9. Englishwine
  10. Latinō
  11. Old Frenchoh
  12. Middle Englisho
  13. EnglishO
  14. Middle Englisho
  15. Englishoh
  16. English todaywino

From wine + -o (“person with characteristic”).

wino · noun2

From W-boson + -ino.

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