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