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Where does “unsatisfiable” come from?

unsatisfiable (English) comes from English satisfiable, 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.

unsatisfiable (English): Not satisfiable. Unable to be satisfied

Definitions

  1. Not satisfiable. Unable to be satisfied

Ancestry of “unsatisfiable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsatisfiableCapable of being satisfied
2EnglishsatisfyTo do enough for; to meet the needs of; to...
3Middle Englishsatisfyen—
4Old Frenchsatisfierto satisfy; to pay
5Latinsatisfacerepresent active infinitive of satisfaciō
6Frenchfaireto do; to make; to say , to go
7Middle Frenchfaireto do; to make; to choose; to elect
8Old Frenchfaireto do
9Latinfaciō—
10Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
11Latin-tōrius—
12Latin-tor-er
13Proto-Italic-tōr—
14Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
15Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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