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Origin and history of veg

veg

since 1898 as an abbreviation of vegetarian; 1918 of vegetable. As a verb, colloquially short for vegetate, by 1985 (usually with out).

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c. 1600, "to grow as plants do," perhaps a back-formation from vegetation, or from Latin vegetatus, past participle of vegetare "to enliven, to animate" (see vegetable (adj.)). The sense of "lead a dull, empty, or stagnant life" is from 1740. Related: Vegetated; vegetating.

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