Words that come from Proto-Indo-European plā-k-

273 words across 38 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European plā-k- — including pleasure, please, pleasant, pleasing, plea, pleading, plead, pleasantly.

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English (95)

Latin (32)

Italian (16)

French (15)

Old French (15)

Spanish (12)

Middle English (11)

Esperanto (8)

Portuguese (8)

Ido (6)

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