(declension-3, historical) a vine staff, the baton or cane (made of grapevine) of a Roman centurion
(declension-3) any vine
Pronunciato come (IPA)
[ˈwiː.tɪs]
Etimologia (Inglese)
Inherited from Proto-Italic *wītis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends; branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, wind, bend”). See Latin vieō and English withe.