Where does “indigestible” come from?

Indigestible comes from Middle English in- (not) prefixed to digestible, ultimately from Latin in- (not) and Latin in (in), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ne (not), oyd- (to go), and en (in).

indigestible (English): Difficult or impossible to digest; Difficult to...

Definitions

  1. Difficult or impossible to digest; Difficult to...

Ancestry of “indigestible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
2Middle Englishin-—
3Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
4Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
5Proto-West Germanic*in—
6Proto-Germanicinin; into
7Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “indigestible”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →