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?

"In 1847, the first Vegetarian Society invented the term 'vegetarian' 鈥?from the Latin vegetus 'lively', and suggestive of the English word 'vegetable' 鈥?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."

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" 鈥?from the Latin vegetus "lively", and suggestive of the English word "vegetable" 鈥?was a person who refuses to consume flesh of any kind. And thus the name