English
imbibable
From imbibe + -able.
Formed from imbibe + -able
Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- ‘to drink’
Proto-Italic *pibō ‘to drink’
Latin bibō ‘to drink’
Latin imbibō ‘to drink in, imbibe’
Middle English imbiben ‘to absorb’
English imbibe
Today it means
adj Able to be imbibed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / imbibable