Insatiable
/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃə.bəl/noun
Impossible to satisfy or quench.
Did you know?Its Latin ancestors are tied to satiare, “to satisfy,” so the word carries a built-in void: the state of being forever beyond completion.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*seh₁-
“to satisfy, make enough”
Latin
Latin
satis
“enough, sufficient”
Latin
Latin
satiare
“to fill, satisfy, sate”
Late Latin
Latin
insatiabilis
“not to be satisfied, unappeasable”
Old French
Old French
insatiable
“insatiable, greedy, impossible to satisfy”
Middle English
English
insaciable / insatiable
“impossible to satisfy”
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