Words that come from Old French “plaisir”

99 words across 18 languages descend from Old French plaisir — 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)