Where does “vegetal” come from?
Vegetal comes from Late Latin vegetalis, derived from Latin vegeto, from Latin vegetus meaning vigorous, which traces back through Latin vegeo, Proto-Italic wegeō and wegejō, to the Proto-Indo-European root weǵ-.
vegetal (English): Capable of growth and reproduction, but not...
Definitions
- Capable of growth and reproduction, but not...
Ancestry of “vegetal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | vegetalis | — |
| 2 | Latin | vegeto | I arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate;... |
| 3 | Latin | vegetus | enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active,... |
| 4 | Latin | vegeo | I move, excite, quicken, arouse; I am lively or... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wegeō | to be active, lively |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wegejō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | woǵ-éye- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |
Words derived from “vegetal”