Where does “plaisance” come from?
plaisance (French) comes from Middle French plaisance, from Old French Plaisance, from Old French -ance, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
plaisance (French): pleasure
Definitions
- pleasure
Ancestry of “plaisance”, step by step
plaisance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French plaisance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | plaisance | pleasure; want; desire |
| 2 | Old French | Plaisance | pleasure |
| 3 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |