Where does “placate” come from?

placate (Latin) comes from Latin placo, from Proto-Indo-European plāk-, from Proto-Indo-European pele- — broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat.

placate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “placate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinplacoI appease; I placate, pacify, assuage; I...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplāk-broad, flat; smooth, flat; flat, broad, plain
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpele-broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pele- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plāk- →Every word from Latin placo →