myEtymology.com: English etymology of dissatisfy

Etymology of the English word dissatisfy

the English word dissatisfy

derived from the English word satisfy

derived from the Old French word satisfier

derived from the Latin word satisfacere (give satisfactory assurance; give all that is required; satisfy; make amends; apologize)

derived from the Latin word satis (enough, adequate, sufficient)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sa-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sā-

derived from the Latin word facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dhē-

derived from the English word dis-

using the Latin prefix dis-

Derivations in English

dissatisfied, dissatisfying