Where does “dissatisfy” come from?
dissatisfy (English) comes from English satisfy, from Middle English satisfyen, from Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere, from French faire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō.
dissatisfy (English): To fail to satisfy; to displease
Definitions
- To fail to satisfy; to displease
Ancestry of “dissatisfy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | satisfy | To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | satisfyen | — |
| 3 | Old French | satisfier | to satisfy; to pay |
| 4 | Latin | satisfacere | present active infinitive of satisfaciō |
| 5 | French | faire | to do; to make; to say , to go |
| 6 | Middle French | faire | to do; to make; to choose; to elect |
| 7 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “dissatisfy”