comestible
Meanings
Adjective
Noun
- Anything that can be eaten; food.
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Origin
- Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedÅ ("I eat"), from com- (English com-) + edo (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible ("grocery").
- Attested as adjective in late 15th century, from Middle French, but fell from use in the 17th century, thence reintroduced from Modern French in 19th century.
- Corresponding terms in various Romance languages, more distant cognates include Portuguese and Spanish comida.
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