Where does “vegetatively” come from?

vegetatively (English) comes from English vegetative, from Middle French végétatif, from Latin vegetativus.

vegetatively (English): In a vegetative manner; without sexual...

Definitions

  1. In a vegetative manner; without sexual...

Ancestry of “vegetatively”, step by step

vegetatively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vegetative

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvegetativeOf or relating to plants; especially to their...
2Middle Frenchvégétatif—
3Latinvegetativus—

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Latin vegetativus →