Where does “edible” come from?
Edible derives from Latin edibilis, from edo meaning "to eat," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- with the same sense.
edible (English): That can be eaten without harm; innocuous to...
Definitions
- That can be eaten without harm; innocuous to...
Ancestry of “edible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | edibilis | — |
| 2 | Latin | edō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “edible”