English
digestable
Digestable comes from Old French digestible, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400digestible
- Englishtodaydigestable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400digestible
- Englishtodaydigestable
The story
Improper English spelling based on Old French digestible.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, active, activity, actual, agency, actor, agent, strategy, register, suggest, agenda, essay, acre, activate, agony, squat, ambiguous, gesture, agility, assay, congestion, ambiguity, agile, agrarian, antagonist, agitation, axiom, belligerent, actuator, antagonism, agonist, progesterone, radium, ingestion, cogent, agitate, antagonize, actuation, gestation, 150 more
through Old French digestible
Today it means
adj digestible
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / digestable