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Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.How did the word vegetarian originate?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(How did the word vegetarian originate?),it will help you,my kids.

How did the word vegetarian originate?

I was told that it is and anciant Indian word that when translated means bad hunter or bad provider, something like that.
What is the truth behind the words origin?
Answers:
"In 1847, the first Vegetarian Society invented the term 'vegetarian' ― from the Latin vegetus 'lively', and suggestive of the English word 'vegetable' ― was a person who refuses to consume flesh of any kind. Vegetarianism in the 19th century was associated with many cultural reform movements, such as temperance and anti-vivisection. Many 'new women' feminists at the end of the century were vegetarians."

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Got it from wikipedia.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vegetarian...

that is from a bad joke and it goes like this

vegetarian is indian for bad hunter. Seen it on a few T-shirts.

The word 'vegetarian' is first known to have been used in print in 1843, but seems to have been already in fairly common use, at least amongst a small group, by that time. It was followed by the formation of the Vegetarian Society in 1847. The idea of living on a plant based diet had been around for thousands of years, it was just the word that was new, along with the idea of a secular organisation to promote it.

Go here for the rest of it.

http://www.ivu.org/history/societies/veg...

Vegetarians in Europe used to be called "Pythagoreans",after the philosopher Pythagoras and his followers, who abstained from meat in the 6th century BC. They followed a vegetarian diet for nutritional and ethical reasons.
Then in 1847, the first Vegetarian Society invented the term "vegetarian" ― from the Latin vegetus "lively", and suggestive of the English word "vegetable" ― was a person who refuses to consume flesh of any kind. And thus the name


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