Where does “veg” come from?
veg (English) comes from English vegetable, from Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetabilis, from Latin vegeto, from Latin vegetus, from Latin vegeo, from Proto-Italic wegeō — lively, awake; strong.
veg (English): vegetarian; vegetable; to vegetate; to engage in...
Definitions
- vegetarian; vegetable; to vegetate; to engage in...
Ancestry of “veg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vegetable | Any plant; A plant raised for some edible part of... |
| 2 | Middle English | vegetable | — |
| 3 | Old French | vegetable | — |
| 4 | Latin | vegetabilis | animating, enlivening, vivifying; able to produce... |
| 5 | Latin | vegeto | I arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate;... |
| 6 | Latin | vegetus | enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active,... |
| 7 | Latin | vegeo | I move, excite, quicken, arouse; I am lively or... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wegeō | to be active, lively |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | wegejō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | woǵ-éye- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |