Where does “pescetarian” come from?
pescetarian (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.
pescetarian (English): A person who consumes no animal flesh with the...
Definitions
- A person who consumes no animal flesh with the...
Ancestry of “pescetarian”, step by step
pescetarian 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 |