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
- insatiable
Ancestry of “insaciable”, step by step
insaciable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin insatiabilis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | insatiabilis | insatiable |
| 2 | Latin | satiabilis | satiable |
| 3 | Latin | satiō | to satisfy |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Late Latin insatiabilis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | insatiabilis | insatiable |
| 2 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | en- | un- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |