Where does “nutritarian” come from?
nutritarian (English) comes from English nutrition, from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nūtrītiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nutritarian (English): A person whose diet selection is based on the...
Definitions
- A person whose diet selection is based on the...
Ancestry of “nutritarian”, step by step
nutritarian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nutrition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nutrition | The organic process by which an organism... |
| 2 | Middle French | nutrition | — |
| 3 | Old French | nutricion | — |
| 4 | Latin | nūtrītiō | nutrition |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |