Where does “potable” come from?

potable (Spanish) comes 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.

potable (Spanish): potable, drinkable

Definitions

  1. potable, drinkable

Ancestry of “potable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpōtābilisdrinkable, potable
2Latinpōtōto drink
3Latinpōtusdrunk
4Latinpōtāre—
5Proto-Italicpōtosdrunk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanph₃tósdrunk; having drunk
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink

Words derived from “potable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tós →Every word from Proto-Italic pōtos →
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