esculent

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁ed-“to eat”
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromēsculentus“fit for eating, eatable, edible; good to eat, delicious; nourishing; full of food”
3. English todayesculent

Learned borrowing from Latin ēsculentus (“fit for eating, eatable, edible; good to eat, delicious; nourishing; full of food”) + English -ent (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of causing, doing, or promoting a certain action). Ēsculentus is derived from ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table; bait”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) + -ulentus (suffix meaning ‘abounding in, full of’ forming adjectives).

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