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wine, prime, old, classical, classic, choice, best, origin, generation, collection, epoch, era, harvest, grapes, year, excellent, mature, rare, ripe, select
Nearby words
- vinous,
- vins,
- vinson,
- vinson massif,
- vinson, frederick moore,
- vintage car,
- vintage wine,
- vintage year,
- vintager,
- vintner
Origin of vintage
1400–50; late Middle English (noun) < Anglo-French, equivalent to vint(er) vintner + -age -age; replacing Middle English vindage, vendage < Anglo-French; Old French vendange < Latin vīndēmia grape-gathering, equivalent to vīn(um) grape, wine + -dēmia a taking away (dēm(ere) to take from (see redeem) + -ia -y3)
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vintage
/ (ˈvɪntɪdʒ) /
noun
adjective
verb
(tr) to gather (grapes) or make (wine)
Word Origin for vintage
C15: from Old French vendage (influenced by vintener vintner), from Latin vindēmia, from vīnum wine, grape + dēmere to take away (from dē- away + emere to take)
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vintage
mid-15c., "harvest of grapes, yield of wine from a vineyard," from Anglo-French vintage (mid-14c.), from Old French vendage "yield from a vineyard," from Latin vindemia "a gathering of grapes, yield of grapes," from comb. form of vinum "wine" (see wine) + stem of demere "take off" (from de- "from, away from" + emere "to take;" see exempt). Sense shifted to "age or year of a particular wine" (1746), then to a general adjectival sense of "being of an earlier time" (1883). Used of cars since 1928.
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