Etymology

indigestible

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Today it means: Difficult or impossible to digest. Full definition →

English digestible ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishdigestible
  8. English todayindigestible

From in- + digestible.

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