Where does “pleasurable” come from?

Pleasurable comes from English pleasure and the Old French suffix -able, ultimately from Latin placere meaning to please.

pleasurable (English): That gives pleasure

Definitions

  1. That gives pleasure

Ancestry of “pleasurable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpleasureA state of being pleased or contented;...
2Englishpleasur
3Middle Englishplaisirpleasure
4Old Frenchplaisirpleasure; to please
5Latinplaceōto be pleasing or agreeable to; to please, to be nice; to be welcome or acceptable; to satisfy, suit in a mental rather than a sensual way

Words derived from “pleasurable

Every word from Latin placeō