Etymology

demi-vegetarian

Today it means: A person who eats fish but not meat. Full definition →

English vegetarian ← Middle English vegetable ← Old French vegetable
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The story

  1. Latindis-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*me
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  5. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  6. Proto-Italic*meðios
  7. Latinmedius
  8. Latindīmidius
  9. Vulgar Latin*dimedius
  10. Anglo-Normandemi
  11. Middle Englishdemi
  12. Englishdemi-
  13. Latinvegetābilis
  14. Old Frenchvegetable
  15. Middle Englishvegetable
  16. Englishvegetable
  17. Englishvegetarian
  18. English todaydemi-vegetarian

From demi- + vegetarian.

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