Where does “unvegan” come from?

unvegan (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.

unvegan (English): Not vegan

Definitions

  1. Not vegan

Ancestry of “unvegan”, step by step

unvegan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Vegan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishVeganRelating to Vega; Someone from Vega, which is...
2EnglishvegetarianA person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in...
3EnglishvegetableAny plant; A plant raised for some edible part of...
4Middle Englishvegetable
5Old Frenchvegetable
6Latinvegetabilisanimating, enlivening, vivifying; able to produce...
7LatinvegetoI arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate;...
8Latinvegetusenlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active,...
9LatinvegeoI move, excite, quicken, arouse; I am lively or...
10Proto-Italicwegeōto be active, lively
11Proto-Italicwegejō
12Proto-Indo-Europeanwoǵ-éye-
13Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵ-lively, awake; strong

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European woǵ-éye-Every word from Proto-Italic wegejō