comprensible

/kompɾenˈsible/ · B2 · adj

comprehensible

💡 com- (together) + prensible (graspable): can be grasped together, so understood

Comprensible comes from Latin comprehendere: com- (fully) + prehendere (to grasp). Something comprensible can be fully grasped by the mind. Same root as English comprehend and comprehensible.

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