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Etymology of the French word vintage

the French word vintage
derived from the English word vintage
derived from the Old French word vendage
derived from the French word vendenge
derived from the Latin word vindemia (grape-gathering; produce of a vineyard in any given year)
derived from the Latin word vinum (wine)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *win-o- (wine)
cognates include Arabic wain, both of which are possibly derived from a long-lost Mediterranean language
derived from the Latin word demere (take, cut away, off)
using the Late Latin prefix de-
derived from the Latin word de (away; down)
derived from the Latin word mere




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