{"era":"current","word":"vegetable","meaning":"a plant used as food","children":[{"era":"14th century","word":"vegetable","meaning":"growing, living","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"vegetabilis","meaning":"animating, enlivening (from vegetare 'to enliven, grow')","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"vegetus","meaning":"lively, active (from vegere 'to enliven, arouse')","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Late Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Modern English"}