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Where does “satisfier” come from?

satisfier (Old French) comes from Latin satisfacere, from French faire, from Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

satisfier (Old French): to satisfy; to pay

Definitions

  1. to satisfy; to pay

Ancestry of “satisfier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsatisfacerepresent active infinitive of satisfaciō
2Frenchfaireto do; to make; to say , to go
3Middle Frenchfaireto do; to make; to choose; to elect
4Old Frenchfaireto do
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “satisfier”

  • satisfied
  • satisfy
  • satisfying
  • dissatisfied
  • unsatisfied
  • unsatisfying
  • satisfiability
  • satisfiable
  • satisfyingly
  • unsatisfiable
  • satisfieth
  • dissatisfy
  • satisfice
  • unsatisfiability
  • satisfier
  • satisfiest
  • satisfyingness
  • satisficer
  • unsatisfyingly
  • dissatisfier
  • equisatisfiable
  • satisfiedly
  • unsatisfyingness
  • unsatisfiedness
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