- surfeit (v.)
- late 14c., from surfeit (n.). Related: Surfeited; surfeiting.
- surfeit (n.)
- early 14c., "excess quantity;" late 14c., "overindulgence," from Old French surfet "excess," noun use of past participle of surfaire "overdo," from sur- "over" (see sur-) + faire "do," from Latin facere "to make" (see factitious).