Where does “dissatisfactory” come from?
dissatisfactory (English) comes from English satisfactory, from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactorius, from Latin satisfactus, from Latin satisfacere, from French faire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire.
dissatisfactory (English): Causing dissatisfaction
Ancestry of “dissatisfactory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | satisfactory | Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient;... |
| 2 | Middle French | satisfactoire | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | satisfactorius | — |
| 4 | Latin | satisfactus | satisfied |
| 5 | Latin | satisfacere | present active infinitive of satisfaciō |
| 6 | French | faire | to do; to make; to say , to go |
| 7 | Middle French | faire | to do; to make; to choose; to elect |
| 8 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 9 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 10 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 11 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 12 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “dissatisfactory”