Etymology

pescetarianism

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Today it means: A dietary choice in which a person, known as a pescetarian, eats any combination of vegetables, fruit, nuts, beans and fish or seafood, but not mammals or birds. Some animal products, such as eggs and dairy, may or may not be part of the diet. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  2. Proto-Italic*piskis
  3. Latinpiscis
  4. Italianpesce
  5. Proto-Italic*weg-o-der.?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*woǵéyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*wogeōder.?
  9. Latinvegeō
  10. Latinvegetus
  11. Latinvegetāre, vegetō
  12. Latinvegetābilis
  13. Old Frenchvegetable
  14. Middle Englishvegetable
  15. Englishvegetable
  16. Englishvegetarian
  17. Englishpescetarian
  18. English todaypescetarianism

From pescetarian + -ism.

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