Wine

What “Wine” means

Noun

1. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
2. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
3. A serving of wine.
4. The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.

Verb

1. To entertain (someone) with wine.
2. To drink wine.

Noun

1. Wind.

Verb

1. To perform a Jamaican dance, such as the Dutty Wine.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-West Germanic *wīn Old English wīn Middle English wyn English wine From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly or via Latin vīnum (from Proto-Italic *wīnom) from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”). Doublet of vine and vino. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wien, West Frisian wyn, Dutch wijn, German Wein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vin, Faroese and Icelandic vín.

A variant of wind with simplification of the final consonant cluster; for the vowel quality, compare find, mind, rind. The same variation of the root wind- → win- is also found in dialectal North Germanic: vind- → vin-. Also compare English whine, Swedish vina.

From Jamaican Creole [Term?], related to wind (verb).

Business name ideas with “Wine”

Industries where “Wine” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
• Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers