vitis

Meaning

(declension-3) vine, grapevine
(declension-3, historical) a vine staff, the baton or cane (made of grapevine) of a Roman centurion
(declension-3) any vine

vine

viticula

vītis

vīnea

vinus

wijnstok

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwiː.tɪs]

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.