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Where does “vinolent” come from?

vinolent (English) comes from Middle English vynolent, from Latin vinolentus, from Latin -olentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

vinolent (English): fond of drinking wine, especially to excess

Definitions

  1. fond of drinking wine, especially to excess

Ancestry of “vinolent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishvynolentvinolent; drunk, inebriated
2LatinvinolentusAffected by or with wine; drunk, intoxicated
3Latin-olentusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
4Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
5Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
6Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body
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