Where does “multivegetable” come from?
multivegetable (English) comes from English vegetable, from Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetabilis, from Latin vegeto, from Latin vegetus, from Latin vegeo, from Proto-Italic wegeō — lively, awake; strong.
multivegetable (English): Of or pertaining to more than one vegetable
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to more than one vegetable
Ancestry of “multivegetable”, step by step
multivegetable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vegetable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vegetable | Any plant; A plant raised for some edible part of... |
| 2 | Middle English | vegetable | — |
| 3 | Old French | vegetable | — |
| 4 | Latin | vegetabilis | animating, enlivening, vivifying; able to produce... |
| 5 | Latin | vegeto | I arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate;... |
| 6 | Latin | vegetus | enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active,... |
| 7 | Latin | vegeo | I move, excite, quicken, arouse; I am lively or... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wegeō | to be active, lively |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | wegejō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | woǵ-éye- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |
via English multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |