Where does “desireful” come from?

desireful (English) comes from English desire, from Middle English desir, from Old French desirer, from Latin dēsīderō, from Latin sider-.

desireful (English): Filled with desire; eager

Definitions

  1. Filled with desire; eager

Ancestry of “desireful”, step by step

desireful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English desire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdesireTo want; to wish for earnestly; To put a request...
2Middle Englishdesirdesire
3Old FrenchdesirerAlternative form of desirrer
4Latindēsīderōto want, desire, wish for, long for
5Latinsider-—

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful—

Words derived from “desireful”

Every word from Latin sider- →Every word from Latin dēsīderō →Every word from Old French desirer →