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Where does “dissatisfiedness” come from?

dissatisfiedness (English) comes from English dissatisfied, from English satisfied, from English satisfy, from Middle English satisfyen, from Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere, from French faire, from Middle French faire.

dissatisfiedness (English): The quality of being dissatisfied

Definitions

  1. The quality of being dissatisfied

Ancestry of “dissatisfiedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdissatisfiedFeeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of...
2Englishsatisfiedsimple past tense and past participle of satisfy;...
3EnglishsatisfyTo do enough for; to meet the needs of; to...
4Middle Englishsatisfyen—
5Old Frenchsatisfierto satisfy; to pay
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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