Satiety
/səˈtaɪ.ə.ti/noun
The state of being full or completely satisfied, especially after eating.
Did you know?Satiety comes through Latin from the same root behind words for “enough,” and in older moral writing it could imply not just fullness, but dangerous overindulgence.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*seh₁-
“to satisfy, fill, make enough”
Latin
Latin
satis
“enough, sufficient”
Latin
Latin
satietās
“fullness, excess, repletion”
Old French
Old French
satiete
“satiation, fullness”
Middle English
English
satietee
“state of being full or satisfied”
Modern English
English
satiety
“the condition of being fully satisfied or filled”
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