英语词汇vegetable的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

vegetable. Vegetables have usually been highly prized, right from the beginning, too, the word vegetable itself deriving from the Latin vegetabilis, which meant animating or life-giving. The Greeks venerated vegetables, making small gold and silver rep- licas of the most prized ones. The Roman Fabii, who took their name from the faba, or bean; the Piso clan, who derived theirs from the pisa, or pea; the Lentuli, who named themselves after the lente, or lentil; and the great house of Cicero, which took its name from the cicer, or chickpea—these are only a few noble Roman families whose patronyms honored widely hailed vegetables.

词汇	vegetable
词源	vegetable. Vegetables have usually been highly prized, right from the beginning, too, the word vegetable itself deriving from the Latin vegetabilis, which meant animating or life-giving. The Greeks venerated vegetables, making small gold and silver rep- licas of the most prized ones. The Roman Fabii, who took their name from the faba, or bean; the Piso clan, who derived theirs from the pisa, or pea; the Lentuli, who named themselves after the lente, or lentil; and the great house of Cicero, which took its name from the cicer, or chickpea—these are only a few noble Roman families whose patronyms honored widely hailed vegetables.
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