Where does “insatiately” come from?
insatiately (English) comes from English insatiate, from Middle English insaciate, from Latin insatiatus, from Latin satiatus, from Latin satiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
insatiately (English): insatiably
Definitions
- insatiably
Ancestry of “insatiately”, step by step
insatiately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English insatiate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insatiate | That is not satiated; insatiable |
| 2 | Middle English | insaciate | — |
| 3 | Latin | insatiatus | — |
| 4 | Latin | satiatus | satisfied, having been satisfied |
| 5 | Latin | satiō | to satisfy |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |