Where does “swallowable” come from?

swallowable (English) comes from English swallow, from Middle English swalwe, from Old English swealwe, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā, from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ — swallow.

swallowable (English): Capable of being swallowed; Relatively easy to...

Definitions

  1. Capable of being swallowed; Relatively easy to...

Ancestry of “swallowable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishswallowTo cause to pass from the mouth into the...
2Middle EnglishswalweA swallow or a swift; The meat of such birds
3Old Englishswealweswallow
4Proto-West Germanic*swalwāswallow (bird)
5Proto-Germanicswalwǭswallow

Words derived from “swallowable”

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