Where does “vegetatív” come from?
vegetatív (Hungarian) comes from German vegetativ, from French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from Latin vegetatus, from Latin vegeto, from Latin vegetus, from Latin vegeo, from Proto-Italic wegeō — lively, awake; strong.
vegetatív (Hungarian): vegetative
Ancestry of “vegetatív”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | vegetativ | vegetative |
| 2 | French | végétatif | vegetative |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | vegetativus | — |
| 4 | Latin | vegetatus | invigorated |
| 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 |