Where does “appease” come from?
Appease derives from Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser, from French apaiser, formed with the prefix a- from Ancient Greek ἀ- and Latin ad-, ultimately from Latin ad meaning "to" or "toward."
appease (English): To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of...
Definitions
- To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of...
Ancestry of “appease”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | apesen | — |
| 2 | Old French | apeser | to pacify, bring to peace |
| 3 | French | apaiser | to mollify; to appease, pacify, calm |
| 4 | Old French | apaisier | to make less painful |
| 5 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 6 | Latin | herī | — |
| 7 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |
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