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Where does “dissatisfactoriness” come from?

dissatisfactoriness (English) comes from English dissatisfactory, from English satisfactory, from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactorius, from Latin satisfactus, from Latin satisfacere, from French faire, from Middle French faire.

dissatisfactoriness (English): The state or condition of being dissatisfactory

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being dissatisfactory

Ancestry of “dissatisfactoriness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdissatisfactoryCausing dissatisfaction
2EnglishsatisfactoryDone to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient;...
3Middle Frenchsatisfactoire—
4Late Latinsatisfactorius—
5Latinsatisfactussatisfied
6Latinsatisfacerepresent active infinitive of satisfaciō
7Frenchfaireto do; to make; to say , to go
8Middle Frenchfaireto do; to make; to choose; to elect
9Old Frenchfaireto do
10Latinfaciō—
11Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
12Latin-tōrius—
13Latin-tor-er
14Proto-Italic-tōr—
15Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
16Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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