Where does “vegaroni” come from?
vegaroni (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.
vegaroni (English): vegan imitation pepperoni
Definitions
- vegan imitation pepperoni
Ancestry of “vegaroni”, step by step
vegaroni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Vegan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Vegan | Relating to Vega; Someone from Vega, which is... |
| 2 | English | vegetarian | A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in... |
| 3 | English | vegetable | Any plant; A plant raised for some edible part of... |
| 4 | Middle English | vegetable | — |
| 5 | Old French | vegetable | — |
| 6 | Latin | vegetabilis | animating, enlivening, vivifying; able to produce... |
| 7 | Latin | vegeto | I arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate;... |
| 8 | Latin | vegetus | enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active,... |
| 9 | Latin | vegeo | I move, excite, quicken, arouse; I am lively or... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | wegeō | to be active, lively |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | wegejō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | woǵ-éye- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |
via English pepperoni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pepperoni | A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage;... |
| 2 | Italian | peperone | bell pepper, sweet pepper; capsicum |
| 3 | Latin | piper | pepper |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πέπερι | pepper; black pepper |
| 5 | Sanskrit | पिप्पलि | berry; peppercorn; long pepper |
| 6 | Sanskrit | पिप्पल | berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind... |