Where does “semivegetarian” come from?
semivegetarian (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.
semivegetarian (English): One who does not eat certain kinds of flesh; One...
Definitions
- One who does not eat certain kinds of flesh; One...
Ancestry of “semivegetarian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |