Etymology of the English word saturate
the English word
saturatederived from the Latin word
saturatioderived from the Latin word
saturatusderived from the Latin word
saturare (fill to repletion, sate, satisfy)
derived from the Latin word
satur (well-fed, replete; rich)
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-Date
The earliest known usage of saturate in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
saturated,
saturator,
supersaturate,
desaturated,
saturatingCognates
French
saturer, German
saturieren, Italian
saturare, Swedish
satureraUsage
Word found in Modern English
