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Where does “Pläsier” come from?

Pläsier (German) comes from French Plaisir, from Middle French plaisir, from Old French plaisir, from Latin placeō.

Pläsier (German): pleasure

Definitions

  1. pleasure

Ancestry of “Pläsier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchPlaisir—
2Middle Frenchplaisirpleasure
3Old Frenchplaisirpleasure; to please
4Latinplaceō—
Every word from Latin placeō →