Ignitible
/ɪɡˈnaɪ.tə.bəl/noun
Capable of being ignited or set on fire.
Did you know?Its core ultimately connects with Agni, the Vedic fire deity whose name comes from the same ancient Indo-European fire-root as Latin ignis.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁n̥gʷnis
“Fire; the reconstructed ancient root behind several later fire-words.”
Vedic Sanskrit
Sanskrit
agni
“Fire, especially sacred ritual fire; also the name of the Vedic fire deity.”
Classical Latin
Latin
ignis
“Fire.”
Late Latin
Latin
ignire
“To set on fire or ignite, formed from ignis, “fire.””
17th Century
English
ignite
“To set alight or cause to burn; adopted from Latin ignītus and related forms.”
19th Century
English
ignitible
“Capable of being ignited; formed in English from ignite with the suffix -ible.”