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vitis

Pronunciation: [ˈwiː.tɪs]

“vitis” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. vine, grapevine
  2. a vine staff, the baton or cane (made of grapevine) of a Roman centurion
  3. any vine

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *wītis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends; branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to twine, wind”) + *-tis (abstract or action suffix). Related to Latin vieō. Cognate with English withe.

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