Where does “appeasable” come from?
appeasable (English) comes from English appease, from Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser, from French apaiser, from Old French apaisier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here — day.
appeasable (English): Able to be calmed or pacified
Definitions
- Able to be calmed or pacified
Ancestry of “appeasable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appease | To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of... |
| 2 | Middle English | apesen | — |
| 3 | Old French | apeser | to pacify, bring to peace |
| 4 | French | apaiser | to mollify; to appease, pacify, calm |
| 5 | Old French | apaisier | to make less painful |
| 6 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 7 | Latin | herī | yesterday |
| 8 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |