Etymology

veggo

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Today it means: A vegetarian. Full definition →

English oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh
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The story

  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. Latinvegetāre, vegetō
  8. Latinvegetābilis
  9. Old Frenchvegetable
  10. Middle Englishvegetable
  11. Englishvegetable
  12. Englishvegetarian
  13. Latinō
  14. Old Frenchoh
  15. Middle Englisho
  16. EnglishO
  17. Middle Englisho
  18. Englishoh
  19. English todayveggo

From vegetarian + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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