English
digestible
Digestible 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
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400digestible
- Englishtodaysame form
Formed from digest + -ible
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
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Latin gerō ‘to carry’
Latin dīgerō ‘carry apart’
Latin dīgestus ‘separated, divided, distributed’
Middle English digesten
English digest
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, actual, active, activity, agency, actor, agent, strategy, register, suggest, agenda, essay, acre, activate, agony, squat, ambiguous, gesture, agility, assay, ambiguity, agile, agrarian, antagonist, congestion, agitation, axiom, antagonism, belligerent, actuator, agonist, agitate, progesterone, radium, antagonize, cogent, gestation, ingestion, ingest, 151 more
Today it means
adj Capable of being digested.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / digestible