Etymology

comprehensible

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Latin comprehēnsibilis ← Proto-Italic *praiɣendō ← Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  9. Proto-Italic*prai
  10. Proto-Italic*prai-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gʰnédti
  13. Proto-Italic*hendō
  14. Proto-Italic*praiɣendō
  15. Latinprehendō
  16. Latincomprehendō
  17. Latincomprehēnsibilis
  18. English todaycomprehensible

Borrowed from Latin comprehēnsibilis.

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