Words that come from Old French plaire

99 words across 18 languages descend from Old French plaire — including pleasure, please, pleasant, pleasing, pleasantly, pleasurable, displeasing, displease.

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English (51)

Old French (9)

French (5)

Esperanto (5)

Ido (5)

Middle English (5)

Dutch (3)

Middle French (3)

Spanish (2)

Norman (2)

Bengali (2)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Russian (1)

Hindi (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

German (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Words from Old French plaire — 99 descendants | Etymology Explorer