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

  1. vegan imitation pepperoni

Ancestry of “vegaroni”, step by step

vegaroni 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 pepperoni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpepperoniA spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage;...
2Italianpeperonebell pepper, sweet pepper; capsicum
3Latinpiperpepper
4Ancient Greekπέπεριpepper; black pepper
5Sanskritपिप्पलिberry; peppercorn; long pepper
6Sanskritपिप्पलberry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European woǵ-éye-Every word from Proto-Italic wegejō