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Where does “wineberry” come from?

wineberry (English) comes from Middle English winberie, from Old English wīnberġe.

wineberry (English): The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese...

Definitions

  1. The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese...

Ancestry of “wineberry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwinberiegrape; berry
2Old Englishwīnberġe—
Every word from Old English wīnberġe →