Etymology

insatiable

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Today it means: Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy. Full definition →

Middle English insaciable ← Middle French insatiable ← Old French insaciable
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  1. Late Latin · derived frominsatiabilis
  2. Old French · derived frominsaciable
  3. Middle French · derived frominsatiable
  4. Middle English · inherited frominsaciable
  5. English todayinsatiable

Inherited from Middle English insaciable, from Middle French insatiable, from Old French insaciable, from Late Latin insatiabilis. By surface analysis, in- + satiable.

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