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Where does “placitum” come from?

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

placitum (Medieval Latin): a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc.,...

Definitions

  1. a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc.,...

Ancestry of “placitum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplacituspleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon
2Latinplaceō—

Words derived from “placitum”

  • plea
  • pleading
  • plead
  • pleadingly
  • interpleader
  • implead
  • interplead
  • impleader
  • pleadable
  • replead
  • pleadest
  • counterplea
  • counterplead
  • interplea
  • emplead
  • impleadable
  • nonpleading
  • misplead
  • outplead
  • plaideur
  • plaider
  • plaide
  • plädieren
  • vrijpleiten
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