Where does “placid” come from?

Placid comes from French placide, from Latin placidus meaning "calm," derived from Latin placeo meaning "to please," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European plā-k-.

placid (English): calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil

Definitions

  1. calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil

Ancestry of “placid”, step by step

placid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French placide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplacidecalm, quiet, peaceful
2LatinPlacidusPlacid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, tranquil
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos

via Latin placiditas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplaciditasmildness, placidity

Words derived from “placid

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðosEvery word from Latin -idusEvery word from Latin Placidus