Where does “saturate” come from?

Saturate comes from Latin saturatus, the past participle of saturo, derived from Latin satur meaning full, which comes from Latin satis meaning enough, traced to Proto-Indo-European sh₂tis and seh₂-.

saturate (English): To cause to become completely impregnated, or...

Definitions

  1. To cause to become completely impregnated, or...

Ancestry of “saturate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsaturatussated, satisfied
2LatinsaturoI fill to repletion, sate, satisfy
3Latinsaturfull, sated; well-fed, replete; saturated
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂-to satiate, satisfy

Words derived from “saturate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂- →Every word from Latin satur →Every word from Latin saturo →