Where does “placebo” come from?

placebo (Middle English) comes from Latin placēbō.

placebo (Middle English): The vespers sung in the office for the dead; Talk...

Definitions

  1. The vespers sung in the office for the dead; Talk...

Ancestry of “placebo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplacēbō

Words derived from “placebo

Every word from Latin placēbō
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