Where does “vegetarianisme” come from?
vegetarianisme (Catalan) comes from English vegetarianism, from English vegetarian, from English vegetable, from Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetabilis, from Latin vegeto, from Latin vegetus — lively, awake; strong.
vegetarianisme (Catalan): vegetarianism
Definitions
- vegetarianism
Ancestry of “vegetarianisme”, step by step
vegetarianisme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vegetarianism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vegetarianism | The practice of following a vegetarian diet |
| 2 | English | vegetarian | A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in... |
| 3 | English | vegetable | Any plant; A plant raised for some edible part of... |
| 4 | Middle English | vegetable | — |
| 5 | Old French | vegetable | — |
| 6 | Latin | vegetabilis | animating, enlivening, vivifying; able to produce... |
| 7 | Latin | vegeto | I arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate;... |
| 8 | Latin | vegetus | enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active,... |
| 9 | Latin | vegeo | I move, excite, quicken, arouse; I am lively or... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | wegeō | to be active, lively |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | wegejō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | woǵ-éye- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |
via Catalan vegetarià
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | vegetarià | vegetarian |