Etymology

dissatisfy

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Today it means: To fail to satisfy; to displease. Full definition →

English satisfy ← Middle English satisfyen ← Old French satisfier
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Latinsatisfacerep
  11. Old Frenchsatisfier
  12. Middle Englishsatisfyen
  13. Englishsatisfy
  14. English todaydissatisfy

From dis- + satisfy.

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