Where does “comestible” come from?
comestible (English) comes from French comestible, from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
comestible (English): Suitable to be eaten; edible; Anything that can...
Definitions
- Suitable to be eaten; edible; Anything that can...
Ancestry of “comestible”, step by step
comestible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French comestible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | comestible | comestible |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | comestibilis | — |
| 3 | Latin | comedō | to eat or chew up |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Latin comestibilis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | comestibilis | edible |
| 2 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |