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Vinegar

2 stages from Old French to English.

Today it means a sour liquid made from fermented alcohol, used in cooking and preserving
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Stage 1 of 2
vin aigre
Old French · medieval
"sour wine"
literally sour wine, describing wine that has fermented past drinking
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Stage 2 of 2
vinegar
English · 1300s
"a sour liquid used in cooking and preserving"
run together into a single English word for the sour liquid
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