Where does “appeasing” come from?
Appeasing comes from Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser, which combined the prefix a- with a root meaning to make peace or calm.
appeasing (English): present participle of appease
Definitions
- present participle of appease
Ancestry of “appeasing”, 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 |