Saturate
/ˈsætʃ.ə.reɪt/noun
To soak, fill, or charge something completely until no more can be absorbed.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin *satur*, meaning “full” or “sated,” the same ancestral root behind *sated* and *satiate*, so the idea of being spiritually or physically “filled up” is baked into the word itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*seh₂-
“to fill, satisfy”
Latin
Latin
satur
“full, well-fed, sated”
Latin
Latin
saturāre
“to fill full, satisfy, saturate”
Late Latin
Latin
saturatus
“filled full, soaked, saturated”
Late 16th Century
English
saturate
“to imbue or fill completely with something”