Where does “vinho tinto” come from?
vinho tinto (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tinto, from Old Portuguese tinto, from Latin tinctus, from Latin tingō, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
vinho tinto (Portuguese): red wine
Ancestry of “vinho tinto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tinto | dark red; tinted; dyed |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | tinto | — |
| 3 | Latin | tinctus | impregnated with; dipped in; treated; coloured,... |
| 4 | Latin | tingō | — |
| 5 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |