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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

  1. present active infinitive of satisfaciō

Ancestry of “satisfacere”, step by step

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

Words derived from “satisfacere”

  • satisfied
  • satisfy
  • satisfying
  • dissatisfied
  • unsatisfied
  • unsatisfying
  • satisfiability
  • satisfiable
  • satisfyingly
  • unsatisfiable
  • satisfieth
  • dissatisfy
  • satisfice
  • unsatisfiability
  • satisfier
  • satisfiest
  • satisfyingness
  • satisficer
  • unsatisfyingly
  • dissatisfier
  • equisatisfiable
  • satisfiedly
  • unsatisfyingness
  • unsatisfiedness
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