Where does “i-satisfyed” come from?
i-satisfyed (Middle English) comes from Middle English satisfien, from Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere, from French faire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
Ancestry of “i-satisfyed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | satisfien | — |
| 2 | Old French | satisfier | to satisfy; to pay |
| 3 | Latin | satisfacere | present active infinitive of satisfaciō |
| 4 | French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Middle French | faire | to do; to make; to choose; to elect |
| 6 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |