Satura
/ˈsæt.jʊ.rə/noun
A Latin word meaning a mixed medley or full mixture; also the source of English "satire."
Did you know?Latin satura is the feminine form of satur, meaning “full” or “sated,” and it became the name for a literary “medley” long before English turned it into sharp social attack.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*seh₂-
“to satisfy, fill”
Latin
Latin
satur
“full, sated, well-fed”
Latin
Latin
satura
“a mixed dish; a miscellany, medley”
Late Latin
Latin
satira
“a mixed literary piece, a satire”
Middle English
English
satire
“a literary work that exposes folly or vice through ridicule”
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