comestible

/komesˈtible/ · B2 · adj

edible, comestible

🍎🥖 comestible = Latin com- (fully) + edere (to eat) → fit to be eaten

Spanish comestible shares its root with English comestible. It comes from Latin comedere, 'to eat up'. Link it to the Spanish verb comer (to eat): comer → comestible, something you can comer. As a noun, los comestibles means groceries.

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