potable

Meanings

Adjective

• Good for drinking without fear of disease or poisoning.

Noun

• Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.

Origin

• The adjective is derived from Late Middle English potable, from Middle French, Old French potable (modern French potable), and from its etymon Late Latin pōtābilis, from Latin pōtāre + -bilis. Pōtāre is the present active infinitive of pōtō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-. The English word is cognate with Catalan potable, Italian potabile, Spanish potable.
• The noun is derived from the adjective.