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Where does “appetible” come from?

appetible (English) comes from Latin appetibilis, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

appetible (English): Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object...

Definitions

  1. Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object...

Ancestry of “appetible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinappetibilisworthy of desire, desirable
2Latinappetō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “appetible”

  • appetibleness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →