English
satiate
Satiate comes from Latin satiātus ‘satisfied, having been satisfied, satiated’, from satis ‘ample, sufficient’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- ‘to satiate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seh₂-‘to satiate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*séh₂tisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsatis‘ample, sufficient’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsatiō‘to fill full, satiate, satisfy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsatiātus‘satisfied, having been satisfied, satiated’perfect passive participle of satiō
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588satiate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seh₂-‘to satiate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*séh₂tisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsatis‘ample, sufficient’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsatiō‘to fill full, satiate, satisfy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsatiātus‘satisfied, having been satisfied, satiated’perfect passive participle of satiō
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588satiate
Earliest quotation: c. 1587–1588, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […]: “A ſnowy Feather ſpangled white he beares, To ſignifie…”
first attested First attested in the 1440–1450s (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in the 1440–1450s, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin satiātus, perfect passive participle of satiō (‘to fill full, satiate, satisfy’) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from satis (‘sufficient’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- ‘to satiate’
sad, insane, secular, sane, sanity, sanitary, saturation, hadron, sade, saturate, 19 more
through Latin satis ‘ample, sufficient’
through Latin satiō ‘to fill full, satiate, satisfy’
Today it means
verb To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- / satiate