Where does “nonvegan” come from?
nonvegan (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.
nonvegan (English): Not vegan; One who is not a vegan
Definitions
- Not vegan; One who is not a vegan
Ancestry of “nonvegan”, step by step
nonvegan 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 |