Vintage
/ˈvɪn.tɪdʒ/noun
Wine from a particular harvest year, or something from a previous era of especially high quality.
Did you know?Vintage comes from the same Latin root as vinum, and its older sense was tied to the exact year grapes were gathered, making time itself part of the word’s value.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
vindēmia
“the gathering of grapes; grape harvest”
Old French
Old French
vendenge
“grape harvest; the season of gathering grapes”
Middle English
English
vintage
“the yield or crop of grapes from a particular year”
Modern English
English
vintage
“wine from a specific year; by extension, something classically old or of high quality”