Etymology

satisfying

sat·is·fy·ing
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Today it means: That satisfies, gratifies or pleases; that removes any feeling of lack. Full definition →

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

  1. Latinsatisfacerep
  2. Old Frenchsatisfier
  3. Middle Englishsatisfyen
  4. Englishsatisfy
  5. English todaysatisfying

From satisfy + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.