Where does “antimeat” come from?
antimeat (English) comes from English meat, from Middle English mete, from Middle English bake mete, from Middle English baken, from Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.
antimeat (English): Opposing the use of meat as a foodstuff;...
Definitions
- Opposing the use of meat as a foodstuff;...
Ancestry of “antimeat”, step by step
antimeat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meat | The flesh of an animal used as food; A type of... |
| 2 | Middle English | mete | Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is... |
| 3 | Middle English | bake mete | Any kind of cooked food which has a pastry... |
| 4 | Middle English | baken | To bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of... |
| 5 | Old English | bacan | to bake |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bakan | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |