{"id":24583,"date":"2026-05-01T15:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24583"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:31:01","slug":"sadly-satisfying-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24583","title":{"rendered":"Sadly Satisfying Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What connects the word <strong>asset<\/strong> to the words <strong>satisfy<\/strong> and <strong>sad<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/59937401@N07\/5474804104\/in\/photolist-9kMNwd-8purhr-8pupSi-9HxSTi-cyrTnW-royb3v-2rR8wB7-EtWHaW-a2YzvR-5av3gc-axHuU1-fuFouL-3b3CZ-9VzgER-fuGeSf-qo4Bxb-j95wKR-o3Y63D-9VC64W-fCMjLV-bv6Vc2-furW3B-Kzbc9-fD4Tfm-9VAaeR-7ax2uZ-9VDuLj-eAAbz-9kJuve-a2YvUx-9kMwDm-64Qiv-7akYPC-9VzihB-9kMyYf-7CNAR2-9VAF9B-r2T3Q7-9VzJ8p-9VAwVp-7JRqkk-cXiQdb-9VD2Ss-bCAYxF-9kP2U7-9kJw5B-4SdyCQ-c8FRyo-9VzeFx-9kMxqj\" title=\"Hotels and Pounds\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5176\/5474804104_14a6a5c9f8_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" alt=\"Hotels and Pounds\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An <strong>asset<\/strong> [\u02c8\u00e6s\u025bt] is <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.<\/li>\n<li>Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from <strong>assets<\/strong>, from Anglo-Norman <em>as(s)etz<\/em> (enough), from Old French <em>as(s)ez<\/em> (enough, sufficiently), from Early Medieval Latin <em>ad satis<\/em> (copiously), from <em>ad<\/em> (to) and <em>satis<\/em> (enough) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asset#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Latin roots include <strong>assai<\/strong> (very) in Italian and <strong>assez<\/strong> (enough, quite, rather) in French [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asez#Old_French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>(to) satisfy<\/strong> also comes from the same Latin roots, via Middle English <em>satisfyen<\/em>, Old French <em>satisfier<\/em> (to satisfy, to pay) and Latin <em>satisfacere<\/em> (to satisfy, content, secure, pay off), which comes from <em>satis<\/em> (enough) and <em>faci\u014d<\/em> (to make, construct).  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asez#Old_French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Latin word <em>satis<\/em> (adequate, enough, plenty, satisfactory, sufficient) comes from Proto-Indo-European <em>*sh\u2082tis<\/em> (satiation, satisfaction), from <em>*seh\u2082-<\/em> (to satiate, to satisfy) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/satis#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>s\u00e1saigh<\/strong> (to satisfy, to please) in Irish, <strong>zat<\/strong> (fed up, have had enough, drunk, sated, full) in Dutch, <strong>satt<\/strong> (not hungry, satiated, full, done, fed up, sick of) in German, and <strong>(to) satiate<\/strong> (to fill to satisfaction, to satisfy) and <strong>satiety<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asez#Old_French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>sad<\/strong> used to mean sated, satisfied, weary, steadfast, valiant, dignified, serious, grave, naughty, troublesome, wicked, unfashionable, etc. In Middle English it meant sated, weary, firm, solid, heard, considered, thoughtful, serious, etc. From the 14th century it was used to mean inspiring or having sorrow. <\/p>\n<p>It comes from Old English <em>s\u01e3d<\/em> (full, sated, weary), from Proto-West Germanic <em>*sad<\/em> (sated, full), from Proto-Germanic <em>*sadaz<\/em> (sated, satisfied), from PIE <em>*seh\u2082-<\/em> (to satiate, to satisfy) &#8211; the same root as <strong>asset<\/strong> and <strong>satisfy<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sad#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Blog horizontal --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1685480124\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What connects the word asset to the words satisfy and sad? An asset [\u02c8\u00e6s\u025bt] is A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows. Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused. 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