Satiated
/ˈseɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/noun
Fully satisfied, especially with food or desire.
Did you know?Satiated ultimately traces back to Latin *satiāre*, “to fill, satisfy,” from *satis*, meaning “enough” — a root that quietly shaped a whole family of words about sufficiency and excess.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sa-
“to satisfy, enough”
Latin
Latin
satis
“enough, sufficient”
Latin
Latin
satiāre
“to fill, satisfy”
Old French
OF
sacier / sazier
“to satisfy, sate”
Middle English
ME
saci(en)
“to satisfy, fill completely”
Modern English
English
satiate
“to satisfy fully, especially with food or desire”
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