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William Hupy
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Sate

Postby William Hupy » Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:57 am

I am unable to stop myself. While studying German, I discovered this word, meaning "full", as in after a meal: Satt. So similar to SATE, meaning to satisfy or fill. This comes to us by influence of Latin, from Middle English, from old English from Proto german. There must be a PIE root, but alas my investigation revealed nothing. Anyone else?
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Re: Sate

Postby Slava » Sun Jan 01, 2017 10:31 am

Are sate and satiate unrelated? My glance just now seems to indicate such. Satiate is to satisfy, whereas sate is to over-fill. Satiate is also related to sad, interestingly enough.
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