Etymology

pescetarian

pes·ce·ta·ri·an
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Today it means: A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood. Full definition →

First used c. 1990English vegetarian ← Middle English vegetable ← Old French vegetable
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The story

  1. Italianpesce
  2. Latinvegetābilis
  3. Old Frenchvegetable
  4. Middle Englishvegetable
  5. Englishvegetable
  6. Englishvegetarian
  7. English todaypescetarian

Blend of Italian pesce (“fish”) + vegetarian.

First known use, by meaning

  • c. 1990 A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.