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Where does “vegetative” come from?

Vegetative comes from Middle French végétatif, derived from Latin vegetativus, meaning capable of growing or promoting growth.

vegetative (English): Of or relating to plants; especially to their...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to plants; especially to their...

Ancestry of “vegetative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvégétatif—
2Latinvegetativus—

Words derived from “vegetative”

  • vegetatively
  • neurovegetative
  • nonvegetative
  • vegetativeness
Every word from Latin vegetativus →