Comestible
[kuh-mes-tuh-buh l] /kəˈmɛs tə bəl/
adjective
1.
edible; eatable.
noun
2.
Usually, comestibles. articles of food; edibles:
The table was spread with all kinds of comestibles.
/kəˈmɛstɪbəl/
noun
1.
(usually pl) food
adjective
2.
a rare word for edible
adjective
edible
noun
anything edible; food
Word Origin
Latin com- + -edere ‘to eat’
n.
1837, “article of food,” from French comestible (14c.), from Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comestus, past participle of comedere “eat up, consume,” from com- “thoroughly” (see com-) + edere “to eat” (see edible). It was attested earlier as an adjective (late 15c.) meaning “fit to eat” but seems to have fallen from use 17c., and the word was reintroduced from French.
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