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Where does “plesen” come from?

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

plesen (Middle English): to please

Definitions

  1. to please

Ancestry of “plesen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchplereAlternative form of plaire; to please
2Latinplaceō—

Words derived from “plesen”

  • please
  • pleasing
  • pleasingly
  • pleasest
  • pleasingness
  • unpleasable
  • pleasable
  • impleasing
  • pleasy
  • overplease
  • unpleasive
  • self-pleasing
  • superplease
  • porfaplís
  • por faplís
  • плиз
  • plezuro
  • plezure
  • plezuri
  • desplezuro
  • plezar
  • प्लीज़
  • প্লিজ
  • প্লীজ
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