Where does “potab” come from?

potab (Haitian Creole) comes from French potable, from Latin pōtābilis, from Latin pōtō, from Latin pōtus, from Latin pōtāre, from Proto-Italic pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tós, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.

potab (Haitian Creole): potable

Definitions

  1. potable

Ancestry of “potab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpotablepotable; OK, passable
2Latinpōtābilisdrinkable, potable
3Latinpōtōto drink
4Latinpōtusdrunk
5Latinpōtāre—
6Proto-Italicpōtosdrunk
7Proto-Indo-Europeanph₃tósdrunk; having drunk
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tós →Every word from Proto-Italic pōtos →