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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

vinegar liquid formed by the acetous fermentation of wine. XIII. ME. vinegre, later vineger (XV–XVII), vinegar (from XVI) — OF. vyn egre (mod. vinaigre), repr. Rom. *vīnum acrum (for L. acre) ‘sour wine’; see WINE, EAGER.

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