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Where does “saturer” come from?

saturer (French) comes from Latin saturo, from Latin satur, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂- — to satiate, satisfy.

saturer (French): to saturate

Definitions

  1. to saturate

Ancestry of “saturer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “saturer”

  • polyinsaturé
  • saturateur
  • monoinsaturé
  • sursaturer
  • insaturé
  • saturé
  • satura
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