Edible
/ˈɛd.ə.bəl/noun
Fit or safe to be eaten.
Did you know?Edible comes from Latin *edibilis*, built from *edere* meaning “to eat,” the same ancient root behind words like *consumer*’s deeper ancestry through Latin *edere* and *comestible* in later Romance tradition.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁ed-
“to eat”
Latin
Latin
edere
“to eat”
Latin
Latin
edibilis
“able to be eaten”
Old French
Old French
edible
“fit to be eaten”
Middle English
English
edible
“fit to be eaten”
Modern English
English
edible
“fit or safe to be eaten”