Etymology

vegete

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Today it means: lively; active; sprightly; vigorous. Full definition →

Latin vegetus ← Proto-Italic *wogeōder.? ← Proto-Indo-European *woǵéyeti
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  1. Proto-Italic*weg-o-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*weǵ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*woǵéyeti
  4. Proto-Italic*wogeōder.?
  5. Latinvegeō
  6. Latinvegetus
  7. English todayvegete

Borrowed from Latin vegetus.

Words from the same roots

Latinvegetus all →

vegetous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.