Where does “vegeti” come from?

vegeti (Esperanto) comes from English vegetate, from Latin vegetatus, from Latin vegeto, from Latin vegetus, from Latin vegeo, from Proto-Italic wegeō, from Proto-Italic wegejō, from Proto-Indo-European woǵ-éye- — lively, awake; strong.

vegeti (Esperanto): to vegetate

Definitions

  1. to vegetate

Ancestry of “vegeti”, step by step

vegeti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English vegetate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvegetateTo grow or sprout; To spread abnormally; To live...
2Latinvegetatusinvigorated
3LatinvegetoI arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate;...
4Latinvegetusenlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active,...
5LatinvegeoI move, excite, quicken, arouse; I am lively or...
6Proto-Italicwegeōto be active, lively
7Proto-Italicwegejō
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwoǵ-éye-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵ-lively, awake; strong

via French végéter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvégéterto vegetate
2Latinvegetāre

via German vegetieren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvegetierento vegetate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵ-