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English word vegetable comes from Latin vegeto (I arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate.), Latin vegetare
vegeto (Latin)
I arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate.
vegetare (Latin)
vegetabilis (Latin)
Able to produce and support growth, vegetative. Animating, enlivening, vivifying.
vegetable (Old French)
vegetable (English)
(figuratively, derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.. Any plant.. The edible part of such a [...]