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potable

Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊtəbəl/

The English word “potable” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Good for drinking without fear of waterborne disease or poisoning.

noun

  1. Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English potable (“drinkable, potable”), from Middle French, Old French potable (modern French potable (“drinkable, potable”)), and from its etymon Late Latin pōtābilis (“drinkable, potable”), from Latin pōtāre (“to drink”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). Pōtāre is the present active infinitive of…

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