Where does “vintage” come from?
Vintage comes from Middle English vendage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Latin vindemia meaning grape harvest, ultimately from Latin vinum meaning wine and de meaning from or of.
vintage (English): The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or...
Definitions
- The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or...
Ancestry of “vintage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | vendage | vintage |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | vendenge | vintage |
| 3 | Old French | vendage | — |
| 4 | Latin | vindēmia | a grape-gathering, vintage |
| 5 | Latin | dēmō | to remove, take away, subtract |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |