Where does “satisfactory” come from?
Satisfactory comes from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactorius, from Latin satisfactus, the past participle of satisfacio meaning "to do enough," from facio meaning "to do" and ultimately Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning "to put or place."
satisfactory (English): Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient;...
Definitions
- Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient;...
Ancestry of “satisfactory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | satisfactoire | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | satisfactorius | — |
| 3 | Latin | satisfactus | satisfied |
| 4 | Latin | satisfacere | present active infinitive of satisfaciō |
| 5 | French | faire | to do |
| 6 | Middle French | faire | to do; to make; to choose; to elect |
| 7 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |