## Etymology
From Latin comprehensibilis ('that may be grasped'), from comprehendere ('to seize, grasp'), from com- (intensive) + prehendere ('to grasp').

## AI Etymology
Comprehensible comes from Latin comprehensibilis ('that may be grasped'), from comprehendere ('to seize, grasp'), from com- (intensive) + prehendere ('to grasp'). The historical trail runs through comprehensibilis in Latin and prehendere in Latin. Morphologically, comprehensible is transparent: it draws on Latin comprehensibilis ('that may be grasped'), from comprehendere ('to seize, grasp'), from com- (intensive) + prehendere ('to grasp'). Used as an adjective, comprehensible now means "able to be understood; intelligible", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as comprehensibly and comprehensibility and related forms such as comprehend, comprehension, and comprehensive. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

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