Where does “insaciable” come from?

insaciable (Old French) comes from Latin insatiabilis, from Latin satiabilis, from Latin satiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

insaciable (Old French): insatiable

Definitions

  1. insatiable

Ancestry of “insaciable”, step by step

insaciable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin insatiabilis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininsatiabilisinsatiable
2Latinsatiabilissatiable
3Latinsatiōto satisfy
4Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
5Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Late Latin insatiabilis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latininsatiabilisinsatiable
2Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
3Proto-Italicen-un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “insaciable

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-