Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demi-vegetarian

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: demi-veg-e-tar-i-an
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who eats fish but not meat.

noun

A person who eats seafood and poultry.

noun

A demitarian; a person who makes conscious effort to reduce meat consumption largely for environmental reasons

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- Latin vegetābilisbor. Old French vegetablebor. Middle English vegetable English vegetable English -arian English vegetarian English demi-vegetarian From demi- + vegetarian.

Inflected Forms

demi-vegetarians (plural)

Questions

What does demi-vegetarian mean?: A person who eats fish but not meat.
Where does demi-vegetarian come from?: Etymology tree Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- Latin vegetābilisbor. Old French vegetablebor. Middle English vegetable English vegetable English -arian English vegetarian English demi-vegetarian From demi- + vegetarian.

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