Where does “satisfaire” come from?
satisfaire (French) comes from Middle French satisfaire, from Old French satisfaire, from Latin satisfacere, from French faire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
satisfaire (French): to satisfy; to fulfil; to meet
Definitions
- to satisfy; to fulfil; to meet
Ancestry of “satisfaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | satisfaire | to satisfy |
| 2 | Old French | satisfaire | to pay |
| 3 | Latin | satisfacere | present active infinitive of satisfaciō |
| 4 | French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Middle French | faire | to do; to make; to choose; to elect |
| 6 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |