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PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 2 months agoThank you so much for this. The Wikipedia rabbit hole it opened up led me to the fact that “vintage” originally meant “wine harvest”.
Comment on Cheesing it up
PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 2 months agoThank you so much for this. The Wikipedia rabbit hole it opened up led me to the fact that “vintage” originally meant “wine harvest”.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Etymology
late Middle English: alteration (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum ‘wine’ + demere ‘remove’).
Interesting. It makes a lot of sense now, knowing that.