## Etymology
From Latin satira (earlier satura) 'medley, poetic miscellany', from the phrase lanx satura ('a full dish, a mixture'), from satur ('full, sated').

## AI Etymology
Satire comes from Latin satira (earlier satura) 'medley, poetic miscellany', from the phrase lanx satura ('a full dish, a mixture'), from satur ('full, sated'). The historical chain includes Latin satira and Latin satur. Older glosses in the chain include "medley, poetic miscellany", "a full dish, a mixture", and "full, sated", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, satire is best read as borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "the use of irony or ridicule to expose folly or vice". English derivatives include satiric, satirical, satirize, and satirist; related forms include satirize and satirical. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment

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