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Satisfy

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to fulfill the needs, expectations, or desires of someone
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Stage 1 of 2
satisfacere
Latin · ancient
"to make enough, to fulfill"
to make enough, from satis (enough) and facere (to make)
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Stage 2 of 2
satisfy
English · 1400s
"to fulfill a need, expectation, or desire"
settled as the English word for fulfilling a need or desire
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