Where does “sate” come from?
sate (Middle English) comes from Old English sæt, from Proto-West Germanic sātu, from Proto-Germanic sētō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.
Ancestry of “sate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | sæt | ambush |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | sātu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sētō | place, position; lying in wait, ambush |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |