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