Where does “satisfacere” come from?
satisfacere (Latin) comes from French faire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
satisfacere (Latin): present active infinitive of satisfaciō
Definitions
- present active infinitive of satisfaciō
Ancestry of “satisfacere”, step by step
satisfacere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French faire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | faire | to do |
| 2 | Middle French | faire | to do; to make; to choose; to elect |
| 3 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Latin satisfacio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | satisfacio | I satisfy, content; I secure, pay off; I... |
| 2 | Latin | satis | enough, filled, plenty; adequately, sufficiently |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |