Etymology

surfeit

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Today it means: Sated; surfeited; filled. Full definition →

First used 16th c.Middle English surfeite ← Anglo-Norman surfet ← Old French sorfet
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromsorfet
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromsurfet
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsurfeite
  4. English todaysurfeit

From Middle English surfeite, surfet, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman surfet, surfeit and Old French sorfet, sorfait, past participle of surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed”), from sur- (“over”) + faire (“to do”). The adjective is derived from the noun.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. Sated; surfeited; filled.

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