Where does “vegetably” come from?
vegetably (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.
vegetably (English): In vegetable terms, or by vegetable means
Definitions
- In vegetable terms, or by vegetable means
Ancestry of “vegetably”, step by step
vegetably traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English vegetable
| 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 |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |