Where does “Veganuary” come from?
Veganuary (English) comes from English Vegan, 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.
Veganuary (English): A January in which people are encouraged to eat vegan food after the Christmas excesses
Definitions
- A January in which people are encouraged to eat vegan food after the Christmas excesses
Ancestry of “Veganuary”, step by step
Veganuary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Vegan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Vegan | Relating to Vega; Someone from Vega, which is... |
| 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 English January
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | January | The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February |
| 2 | Middle English | Ieneuer | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | genever | — |
| 4 | Latin | iānuārius | of January |
| 5 | Latin | Iānus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |