vine

Meaning

  1. The climbing plant that produces grapes.
  2. Any plant of the genus Vitis.
  3. Any similar climbing or trailing plant.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vaɪn/
Etymology

From Middle English vīne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.

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