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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

  1. to satisfy; to fulfil; to meet

Ancestry of “satisfaire”, step by step

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

Words derived from “satisfaire”

  • insatisfait
  • satisfait
  • satisfaisable
  • satisfăcător
  • satisface
  • satisfăcut
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