demi-vegetarian

Meaning

1. A demitarian; a person who makes conscious effort to reduce meat consumption largely for environmental reasons
2. A person who eats seafood and poultry.
3. A person who eats fish but not meat.

Etymology / origin

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 *meðjos Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- Middle English vegetable English vegetable English -arian English vegetarian English demi-vegetarian From demi- + vegetarian.

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