Where does “insatiable” come from?
Insatiable comes from Old French insaciable, from Latin insatiabilis, combining the prefix in- (not) with satiabilis (able to be satisfied), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne (not).
insatiable (English): Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or...
Definitions
- Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or...
Ancestry of “insatiable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | insaciable | insatiable |
| 2 | Latin | insatiabilis | insatiable |
| 3 | Latin | satiabilis | satiable |
| 4 | Latin | satiō | to satisfy |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |