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Where does “plaisir” come from?

plaisir (Middle English) comes from Old French plaisir, from Latin placeō.

plaisir (Middle English): pleasure

Definitions

  1. pleasure

Ancestry of “plaisir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplaisirpleasure; to please
2Latinplaceō—

Words derived from “plaisir”

  • pleasure
  • pleasurable
  • pleasurably
  • unpleasure
  • unpleasurable
  • pleasurableness
  • pleasureless
  • pleasur
  • pleasureful
  • pleasurability
  • forepleasure
  • pleasurist
  • pleasurer
  • pleasuredome
  • antipleasure
  • unpleasurably
  • nonpleasurable
  • pleasureth
  • pleasuresome
  • pleasurefully
  • pleasurelessness
  • pleasurebot
  • pleasurest
  • pleasurization
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