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

  1. That can be eaten without harm; innocuous to...

Ancestry of “edible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinedibilisedible
2Latinedōto eat
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “edible

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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