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