{"id":3537,"date":"2024-09-07T11:41:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T11:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3537"},"modified":"2024-09-07T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T12:05:13","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-sadly-satisfied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3537","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Sadly Satisfied"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Sadly Satisfied\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-09-07T11:41:55+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M57S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure in Etymology we find out whether the words sad and satisfied are connected.\n\n\n\nSad [s\u00e6d] means various things, including:\n\n\nFeeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.\nAppearing sorrowful.\nCausing sorrow; lamentable.\nPoor in quality, bad; ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/sad.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6568\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3537-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/sad.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/sad.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/sad.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/sad.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3537-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/sad.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"sad.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology we find out whether the words <strong>sad<\/strong> and <strong>satisfied<\/strong> are connected.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nolifebeforecoffee\/5978760019\/in\/photolist-fmJEf-4So5u2-EtjpoK-a7jH4i-atjpvu-23NxN2q-8JA31z-3rkRA-eXAtP-hyJJW-H89S-tt7ju1-9Xm1r-Ys2DJ-4yFoEG-7U4kVU-925r6n-48kxK-2VFgJ-nWtRp-5HhLKP-6G6uhU-4cQv4S-suoHn3-mWv4f-2jN1WeD-2nkRg2V-2ms44Z7-679HoT-89tQSA-o8CeFn-aM48vi-dy59SD-tP7Rxo-2mdHJ7E-2p5MeiE-798h1a-4U5efi-5f1tqv-3FcHr-9GZY75-izrTp-w6MnPf-R7Gsmy-WGMXQN-8n3R9P-pSpXy-soAQ2-D4EWD-E3gQ3A\" title=\"sad\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6140\/5978760019_feae8c6b2c_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"sad\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sad<\/strong> [s\u00e6d] means various things, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.<\/li>\n<li>Appearing sorrowful.<\/li>\n<li>Causing sorrow; lamentable.<\/li>\n<li>Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable, regrettable, poor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It can mean unfashionable, socially inadequate or undesirable (in slang), and in the past it meant:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sated, having had one&#8217;s fill; satisfied, weary.<\/li>\n<li>Steadfast, valiant.<\/li>\n<li>Dignified, serious, grave.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Middle English <em>sad<\/em> [sa(\u02d0)d] (sated, weary; firm, solid, hard, thoughtful, serious, sad (sorrowful), authentic, true, genuine; dark, deep [colours]), from Old English <em>s\u01e3d<\/em> [s\u00e6\u02d0d] (full, sated, weary), from Proto-West-Germanic <em>*sad<\/em> (sated, full) from Proto-Germanic <em>*sadaz<\/em> [\u02c8s\u0251.\u00f0\u0251z] (sated, full), Proto-Indo-European <em>*seh\u2082-<\/em> (to satiate, satisfy) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sad#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>satt<\/strong> [zat] (not hungry, satiated, full, fed up) in German, <strong>s\u0101ts<\/strong> (moderation, satiation, fill) in Latvian, <strong>s\u00e1ith<\/strong> [s\u02e0a\u02d0\u00e7] (sufficiency, enough, fill) in Irish, and <strong>satiate<\/strong>, <strong>satisfied<\/strong> and <strong>insatiate<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/seh%E2%82%82-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh word <strong>sad<\/strong> was borrowed from Middle English, and means firm, stable, steady, solid, certain, sure, wise, discreet, sober, grave, melancholy, and various other things. Related words include <strong>sadiwr<\/strong> (stabilizer) and <strong>sadeiddio<\/strong> (to make or become firm or stable) [<a href=\"https:\/\/welsh-dictionary.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"<a href=\"https:\/\/podbay.fm\/p\/radio-omniglot\">Podbay<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">Podtail<\/a> and other pod places.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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Sad [s\u00e6d] means various things, including: Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. Appearing sorrowful. Causing sorrow; lamentable. Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable, regrettable, poor. It can mean unfashionable, socially inadequate or undesirable (in slang), and in the past it meant: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,24,6,4,114,58,55,1,57,59,119,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-german","category-irish","category-language","category-latvian-latviesu-valoda","category-middle-english","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-podcast","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-west-germanic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3537"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3543,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3537\/revisions\/3543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}