Where does “satisfien” come from?

satisfien (Middle English) comes from Old French satisfier, 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 “satisfien”, step by step

satisfien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French satisfier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsatisfierto satisfy; to pay
2Latinsatisfacerepresent active infinitive of satisfaciō
3Frenchfaireto do
4Middle Frenchfaireto do; to make; to choose; to elect
5Old Frenchfaireto do
6Latinfaciōto do
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōriusory
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Old French satisfiier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsatisfiier

Words derived from “satisfien

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor