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
- The state of being satiated
Ancestry of “satiety”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | satieté | — |
| 2 | Latin | satietas | sufficiency, abundance; satiety |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |