Prosecco

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A variety of white grape grown in the Veneto region of Italy.

Noun

• A dry, slightly sparkling Italian white wine made from that grape.

Origin

• From Italian Prosecco, short for (vino de) Prosecco, “(wine of) Prosecco”, near Trieste. The toponym Prosecco comes from Proto-Slavic *prosěkъ ("kind of axe; opening, cutting (in a forest)") from the areas deforested for the cultivation of the vine.