[1400–50; late ME propinen ‹ MF propiner to give to drink, drink one's health ‹ L propīnāre ‹ Gk propi᷇nein to drink first, equiv. to pro- pro-2 + pi᷇nein to drink]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: curl, dial, peg, structure, union