comestible
Meaningedible
Common meaning: an item of food
- comwith, together
- esto eatLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 626 · scan
- tpast-participle ending
- ibleable to be
‘with, together’ + ‘to eat’ → comestible
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin edō ‘to eat’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry edō, p. 626 · dictionary scan
Roots
- edō, ēsum Latin “to eat”
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