2590: vinyl Jan 16, 2022

The material vinyl doesn't have any grape products in it, but it is named for them. The first half of the word is from the Latin 'vinum' (wine) and the ultimate Greek ending '-yl' for υλος (hylos) meaning 'matter', used now for many groups of chemical compounds. The name in particular is from the association with ethyl alcohol, but does not have any particular relation to wine otherwise.