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Where does “satiety” come from?

Satiety comes from Middle French satieté, from Latin satietas (the state of being satisfied), derived from the Latin adjective satus (satisfied), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European seh₂- (to satisfy) with the Proto-Indo-European suffix -tós.

satiety (English): The state of being satiated

Definitions

  1. The state of being satiated

Ancestry of “satiety”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchsatieté—
2Latinsatietassufficiency, abundance; satiety
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “satiety”

  • satietogenic
  • unsatiety
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