Where does “flexitarian” come from?
flexitarian (English) comes from English vegetarian, from English vegetable, from Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetabilis, from Latin vegeto, from Latin vegetus, from Latin vegeo — lively, awake; strong.
flexitarian (English): One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but...
Definitions
- One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but...
Ancestry of “flexitarian”, step by step
flexitarian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vegetarian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vegetarian | A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in... |
| 2 | English | vegetable | Any plant; A plant raised for some edible part of... |
| 3 | Middle English | vegetable | — |
| 4 | Old French | vegetable | — |
| 5 | Latin | vegetabilis | animating, enlivening, vivifying; able to produce... |
| 6 | Latin | vegeto | I arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate;... |
| 7 | Latin | vegetus | enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active,... |
| 8 | Latin | vegeo | I move, excite, quicken, arouse; I am lively or... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | wegeō | to be active, lively |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | wegejō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | woǵ-éye- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |
via English flexible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flexible | Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking;... |
| 2 | Middle French | flexible | — |
| 3 | Latin | flexibilis | flexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable,... |
| 4 | Latin | flectō | to bend, curve or bow |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flektō | — |