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Where does “satisfieth” come from?

satisfieth (English) comes from English satisfy, from Middle English satisfyen, from Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere, from French faire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō.

satisfieth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “satisfieth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsatisfyTo do enough for; to meet the needs of; to...
2Middle Englishsatisfyen—
3Old Frenchsatisfierto satisfy; to pay
4Latinsatisfacerepresent active infinitive of satisfaciō
5Frenchfaireto do; to make; to say , to go
6Middle Frenchfaireto do; to make; to choose; to elect
7Old Frenchfaireto do
8Latinfaciō—
9Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
10Latin-tōrius—
11Latin-tor-er
12Proto-Italic-tōr—
13Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
14Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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