sate
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sate¹
- /seɪt/
Rhymes with -eɪt
Where it comes from
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”). Cognate with Middle Low German saden, Middle High German saten (“to saturate, satisfy, satiate”), Icelandic seðja (“to satisfy”). Doublet of sad.
sate²
- /seɪt/
Rhymes with -eɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English sate, satte, from Old English sæt, first and third person singular preterite of sittan (“to sit”).
sate³
- /seɪt/
Rhymes with -eɪt
Where it comes from
From Malay sate (“satay”).
noun sade
- satay
Translations
Talk about this word "sate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sate "sate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sate.Cite this
@misc{sate_2026,
title = {sate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sate},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
