Etymology

ovolactovegetarian

Today it means: A lacto-ovo-vegetarian. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishovo-
  2. Latinlac
  3. Englishlacto-
  4. Latinvegetābilis
  5. Old Frenchvegetable
  6. Middle Englishvegetable
  7. Englishvegetable
  8. Englishvegetarian
  9. English todayovolactovegetarian

From ovo- + lacto- + vegetarian.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.