Commestible
/kəˈmɛs.tɪ.bəl/noun
Capable of being eaten; edible.
Did you know?Commestible comes from Latin *comestibilis*, built from *comedere* (“to eat up, consume completely”), so its root is the same one behind words tied to total consumption rather than simple nibbling.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
comestibilis
“fit for eating; edible”
Late Latin
Latin
comedere
“to eat up, devour, consume completely”
Classical Latin
Latin
com- + edere
“together/intensively + to eat”
Old French
Old French
comestible
“edible, fit to eat”
14th–15th Century
English
commestible
“edible; fit for eating”
Modern English
English
commestible
“capable of being eaten; edible”