Where does “insatiate” come from?
Insatiate comes from Middle English insacyate, from Latin insatiatus, composed of the Latin prefix in- and Latin in, deriving ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not."
insatiate (English): That is not satiated; insatiable
Definitions
- That is not satiated; insatiable
Ancestry of “insatiate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | insaciate | — |
| 2 | Latin | insatiatus | — |
| 3 | Latin | satiatus | satisfied, having been satisfied |
| 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 |