Winery

How to spell winery

6 letters · 3 syllables

How to pronounce winery

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does winery mean?

1. nounAn establishment where wine is produced, often including the vineyards and facilities for processing and storing it.

Winery in a sentence

• The couple spent the afternoon touring a small family winery in the valley.

• After the harvest, the grapes were trucked straight to the winery for pressing.

Where does winery come from?

Language of origin: Latin

The word joins the noun 'wine' to the suffix '-ery', which marks a place where something is made or carried on, as in 'bakery' and 'brewery'. 'Wine' itself reaches deep into the history of English: Old English had 'win', borrowed very early from the Latin 'vinum', meaning the fermented juice of the grape, a word that also gave French 'vin' and Italian 'vino'. The '-ery' ending arrived through Old French '-erie', ultimately from Latin, and English speakers attached it freely to native and borrowed roots alike to name workplaces. 'Winery' is a comparatively recent and largely American coinage, recorded from the middle of the nineteenth century as commercial wine production expanded. Its spelling is straightforward once you notice the silent 'e' of 'wine' is dropped before the '-ery' is added, leaving the single 'wine' root visible inside the longer word.

How the word is built

• wine (from Latin vinum: wine)
• -ery (suffix denoting a place of work or production)