satis

Esperanto

Verb

satis

1. past of sati

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Latin

Etymology

PIE root
*seh₂-

From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂tis ‎(“satiation, satisfaction”), from *seh₂- ‎(“to satiate, be satisfied”). Cognates include Sanskrit असिन्व​ ‎(a-sinvá, “insatiable”), Ancient Greek ἄω ‎(áō, “to satiate”) and Old English sæd ‎(“full, sated”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tis/

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Adjective

satis

1. enough, filled, plenty

Adverb

satis (not comparable)

1. adequately, sufficiently

Derived terms

• satagō
• satisne (satine/satin)
• sat ago/satis ago (satago)
• satis facio (satisfacio)
• satietās

• satiō
• satispassiō (Mediaeval Latin, theology)
• satius
• satur

Descendants

• French: assez
• German: satt
• Italian: sazio

• Portuguese: assaz
• Romanian: saț
• Spanish: sacio

References

• “satis” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 540