English
swallowable
From swallow + -able.
A compound of swallow + -able
Proto-Germanic *swelganą ‘to swallow, revel, devour’
Proto-West Germanic *swelgan
Old English swelgan ‘to swallow’
Middle English swolwen ‘to swallow’
English swallow
Today it means
adj Capable of being swallowed (physically).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / swallowable