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vintage

/ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/ noun

In Latin: vindēmia Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about vintage at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A season's yield of wine from a vineyard.
  2. The oldness of wines.

Origin

From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vindēmia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + emō (“take”).

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