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Old February 17, 2010, 01:02 PM
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And is there a word with an Anglo-Saxon root for that?
That's a good question. I now know that edible comes from Latin edere,
but I think English got the Latin term via Germany (essen). The English-
latinate term for edible is comestible.
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That's a good question. I now know that edible comes from Latin edere,
but I think English got the Latin term via Germany (essen). The English-
latinate term for edible is comestible.
The SOED gives edible as coming from late Latin edibilis. Seeing that both English eat and German essen both derive from Latin edere I can't see any Anglo-Saxon alternative. Clearly, the Normans were the only ones who could afford to eat (hence French names for the meat of animals with Anglo-Saxon names).
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