Where does “vignette” come from?
Vignette comes from French vignette, a diminutive formed with the suffix -ette from French vigne, derived from Latin vinea meaning vineyard, ultimately from Latin vinum meaning wine.
vignette (English): A running ornament consisting of leaves and...
Definitions
- A running ornament consisting of leaves and...
Ancestry of “vignette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vignette | vignette; image, illustration, motif |
| 2 | French | vigne | vine; vineyard |
| 3 | Middle French | vigne | — |
| 4 | Old French | vigne | vine; vineyard |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | vinia | — |
| 6 | Latin | vīnea | vineyard |
| 7 | Latin | vīnum | wine |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wīnom | wine |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyh₁nom | wine; vine, wine |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁y- | to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,... |