potable
English
/ˈpəʊtəbəl/, /ˈpoʊtəbəl/
adj
Definitions
- (formal) Good for drinking without fear of disease or poisoning.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English potable (drinkable, potable) borrowed from Old French potable derived from Latin pōtābilis, pōtāre (drink) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (drink), *peh₃- (drink).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peh₃-
Gloss
drink
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
飲
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bevvy English
- bibacious English
- bibation English
- bibber English
- gold English
- impotable English
- nonpotable English
- potabilize English
- potabilizer English
- potable gold English
- potableness English
- unpotable English
- bibere Latin
- bibere, bibō, bibo Latin
- bibō Latin
- poto Latin
- pōtiōnem Latin
- pōtābilis Latin
- pōtāre Latin
- pōtō Latin
- pōtōrius Latin
- vinibua Latin
- potabile Italian
- potabilizzare Italian
- potabilité French
- potable French
- potable Spanish, Castilian
- πίνω Ancient Greek
- ποτήριον Ancient Greek
- ποτής Ancient Greek
- συμπίνω Ancient Greek
- συμπόσιον Ancient Greek
- συμπότης Ancient Greek
- ἐκπίνω Ancient Greek
- *peh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ph₃iwom Proto-Indo-European
- *ph₃tós Proto-Indo-European
- *péh₃tlom Proto-Indo-European
- *píbeti Proto-Indo-European
- *píph₃eti Proto-Indo-European
- ph₃-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- potável Portuguese
- पात्र Sanskrit
- पिपासा Sanskrit
- पिबति Sanskrit
- potable Middle English
- *piti Proto-Slavic
- *pivo Proto-Slavic
- *pojìti Proto-Slavic
- potable Old French
- potabilitzar Catalan, Valencian
- potable Catalan, Valencian
- पिलाना Hindi
- *ɸibeti Proto-Celtic
- *pibō Proto-Italic
- *pōtlo- Proto-Italic
- potable Asturian
- potab Haitian, Haitian Creole