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Where does “plädieren” come from?

plädieren (German) comes from French plaider, from Middle French plaider, from Old French plaidier, from Latin placitare, from Latin placitum, from Latin placitus, from Latin placeō.

plädieren (German): to plead

Definitions

  1. to plead

Ancestry of “plädieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplaiderto plead
2Middle Frenchplaiderto plead
3Old Frenchplaidierto implore; to beg
4Latinplacitare—
5Latinplacitumopinion, teaching, theory; decree, sentence,...
6Latinplacituspleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon
7Latinplaceō—
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