English word vegetable comes from Latin vegeto (I arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate.), Latin vegetare
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| vegeto | Latin (lat) | I arouse, enliven, quicken, animate, invigorate. |
| vegetare | Latin (lat) | |
| vegetabilis | Latin (lat) | Able to produce and support growth, vegetative. Animating, enlivening, vivifying. |
| vegetable | Old French (fro) | |
| vegetable | English (en) | (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 [...] |