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Satisfaction

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the feeling of pleasure or contentment from having one's needs or wishes fulfilled
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Stage 1 of 3
satis
Latin · ancient
"enough"
enough, combined with facere (to make, to do)
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Stage 2 of 3
satisfacere
Latin · ancient
"to make enough, to fulfill"
to make enough, to fulfill, from satis and facere
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Stage 3 of 3
satisfaction
English · 1300s
"the feeling of pleasure from having one's needs or wishes met"
settled as the English word for the feeling of pleasure from having one's needs met
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