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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014-02-27 08:32, Dave Swarthout
wrote :<br>
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<div dir="ltr">No objection. I equate the term "drinkable" with
potable. The latter is a weird sounding term, to me at least,
but is the one in common use in the United States to designate
water sources that are safe to drink from. <br>
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potable comes from Latin potare (to drink) and drink is Germanic.<br>
See also potion, pot, and other pot* (not to be confused with
potentia = possibility, power)<br>
As a language lover, I was curious to find out which sounds weird to
whom besides you.<br>
That is, which is the origin of that word in different languages.<br>
Here is the result of a very quick Google poll.<br>
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French=potable, Russian=<span id="result_box" class="short_text"
lang="ru"><span class="hps">питьевой, Albanian=i pijshëm, Basque=</span></span>potable,
Belarusian=<span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="be"><span
class="hps">пітной, </span></span>Bosnian=<span id="result_box"
class="short_text" lang="bs"><span class="hps">pitak,
Bulgarian=годен за пиене, Catalan=potable, </span></span>Croatian=pitak,
Czeck=<span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="cs"><span
class="hps">pitný, </span></span>Galician=potable, Greek=<span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="el"><span class="hps">πόσιμο(?),
</span></span>Haitian=potab, <span id="result_box"
class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"> </span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="eu"><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="is"><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps">Italian=</span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"></span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps">potabile,
</span></span><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span
class="hps"><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="eu"><span
class="hps"></span></span></span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps">Macedonian</span></span></span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="mk"><span
class="hps">=пиење, Maltese=</span></span></span></span></span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="mt"><span class="hps">potabbli</span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="mk"><span
class="hps">, Polish=</span></span></span></span></span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="pl"><span class="hps">pitny</span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="mk"><span
class="hps">, Portuguese=</span></span></span></span></span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="pt"><span class="hps">potável,
Romanian=</span></span><span id="result_box" class="short_text"
lang="ro"><span class="hps">potabil</span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="pt"><span class="hps">, </span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="pt"><span class="hps">Serbian=</span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="sr"><span class="hps">питак</span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="pt"><span class="hps">, </span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="sk"><span class="hps">Slovak=pitný</span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="mk"><span
class="hps"></span></span></span></span>,
Slovenian=pitna, Spanish=potable, Swedish=potable, Ukrainian=</span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="uk"><span class="hps">питної</span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps"><br>
<br>
English=potable, drinkable<br>
Latin=potabilis but also bibulus ;-)<br>
<br>
Afrikaans=drinkbare, Danish=drikkevandskvalitet,
Dutch=drinkbaar, Esperanto=trinkebla, German=trinkbar,
Icelandic=</span></span><span id="result_box" class="short_text"
lang="ru"><span class="hps"><span id="result_box"
class="short_text" lang="is"><span class="hps">drykkjarhæft</span></span></span></span><span
id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ru"><span class="hps">,
Norwegian=</span></span><span id="result_box" class="short_text"
lang="no"><span class="hps">drikkevann, <br>
</span></span><br>
Cheers,<br>
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