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語源

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English potable (“drinkable, potable”),^[1] 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 または worth of being acted upon).^[2] Pōtāre is the present active infinitive of pōtō (“to drink”), from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”).

The English word is cognate with Catalan potable, Italian potabile, Spanish potable.^[2]

The noun is derived from the adjective.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊtəbəl/, (non-standard) /ˈpɒt-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊtəbəl/, (non-standard) /ˈpɑt-/
• Homophone: pottable (non-standard)
• ハイフネーション: pot‧a‧ble

形容詞

potable (comparative more potable, superlative most potable)

1. (formal) Good for drinking without fear of disease or poisoning.

   Synonyms: drinkable, drinkworthy

等位語

派生語

名詞

potable (複数形 potables)

1. Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.
   • 1708, John Philips, Cyder, London: J. Tonson:

     When solar beams / Parch thirsty human veins, the damask'd meads, / Unforc'd display ten thousand painted flow'rs / Useful in potables.

派生語

• potent potable

参照

Further reading

• drinking water on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• optable