Where does “plezuro” come from?
plezuro (Ido) comes from Esperanto plezuro, from Esperanto -a, from Italian -a, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
plezuro (Ido): pleasure: delight, joy
Definitions
- pleasure: delight, joy
Ancestry of “plezuro”, step by step
plezuro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto plezuro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | plezuro | pleasure |
| 2 | Esperanto | -a | Related to, in the manner of, of; Belonging to,... |
| 3 | Italian | -a | Used, with a stem, to form the third-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English pleasure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pleasure | A state of being pleased or contented;... |
| 2 | English | pleasur | — |
| 3 | Middle English | plaisir | pleasure |
| 4 | Old French | plaisir | pleasure; to please |
| 5 | Latin | placeō | to 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 |