Where does “nonveggie” come from?

nonveggie (English) comes from English veggie, 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.

nonveggie (English): Not vegetarian

Definitions

  1. Not vegetarian

Ancestry of “nonveggie”, step by step

nonveggie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English veggie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishveggieA vegetable; A vegetarian; vegetarian; suitable...
2EnglishvegetableAny plant; A plant raised for some edible part of...
3Middle Englishvegetable
4Old Frenchvegetable
5Latinvegetabilisanimating, enlivening, vivifying; able to produce...
6LatinvegetoI arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate;...
7Latinvegetusenlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active,...
8LatinvegeoI move, excite, quicken, arouse; I am lively or...
9Proto-Italicwegeōto be active, lively
10Proto-Italicwegejō
11Proto-Indo-Europeanwoǵ-éye-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵ-lively, awake; strong

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵ-