Where does “Vinny” come from?
Vinny is an English diminutive of Vincent, which derives from Latin Vincentius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning conquering or victorious.
Vinny (English): vinewed, mouldy
Definitions
- vinewed, mouldy
Ancestry of “Vinny”, step by step
Vinny traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Vincent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Vincent | The victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls |
| 2 | French | Vincent | — |
| 3 | Latin | Vincentius | — |
| 4 | Latin | vincēns | winning |
| 5 | Latin | vincō | to win |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | winkō | to conquer, to overcome |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wi-n-k- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |