'comprehensible' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'comprehensibilis', where 'comprehendere' meant 'to grasp or seize'.

'comprehensibilis' transformed into the French word 'comprehensible', and eventually became the modern English word 'comprehensible' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'able to be grasped or understood', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.