edible
/ˈedəbəl/EH-duh-buhl
/ˈɛdəbəl/EH-duh-buhl
Meaningable to be eaten
Common meaning: fit to eat
- edto eatLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 626 · scan
- ibleable to be
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√AD‘eat’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 9, p. 730 · scan
- Latinedō, ēsum‘to eat’
- Englishedible‘fit to eat’ · today
ed also in: obesecomestible
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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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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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