Etymograph

English

sate

Alteration (after words such as satiate and satisfy) of earlier sade (“to weary, satiate, satisfy”), from Middle English saden (“to weary, satisfy, become wearied or satiated”), from Old English sadian (“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn (“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, be satisfied”).

Another origin of sate

  1. Tamilmodernசதை‘flesh’
  2. Javanesemodernsaté
  3. Malaymodernsate‘satay’
  4. Englishtodaysate

Today it means

verb To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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