Where does “displeasant” come from?
displeasant (English) comes from Old French desplaisant, from Old French desplaire, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
displeasant (English): Unpleasant, disagreeable
Definitions
- Unpleasant, disagreeable
Ancestry of “displeasant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | desplaisant | unpleasant; disagreeable |
| 2 | Old French | desplaire | to irritate; to anger; to strongly displease |
| 3 | Old French | des | — |
| 4 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |