Where does “placitare” come from?

placitare (Latin) comes from Latin placitum, from Latin placitus, from Latin placeō.

Ancestry of “placitare”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	placitum	opinion, teaching, theory; decree, sentence,...
2	Latin	placitus	pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon
3	Latin	placeō	—

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