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Where does “satieté” come from?

satieté (Middle French) comes from Latin satietas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “satieté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsatietassufficiency, abundance; satiety
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “satieté”

  • satiety
  • satietogenic
  • unsatiety
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