Ignitable
/ɪɡˈnaɪ.tə.bəl/noun
Capable of catching fire or being ignited.
Did you know?Its core comes from Latin ignis, “fire,” a word connected to Agni, the Vedic deity and personification of sacred fire.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁n̥gʷnis
“Fire; a reconstructed ancestral word for flame”
Vedic Sanskrit
Sanskrit
agni
“Fire, especially sacrificial or divine fire”
Classical Latin
Latin
ignis
“Fire”
Latin
Latin
ignīre
“To set on fire or kindle”
17th Century
English
ignite
“To set alight; to cause to burn”
Modern English
English
ignitable
“Capable of being ignited”