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Where does “apeser” come from?

apeser (Old French) comes from French apaiser, from Old French apaisier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- — day.

apeser (Old French): to pacify, bring to peace

Definitions

  1. to pacify, bring to peace

Ancestry of “apeser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchapaiserto mollify; to appease, pacify, calm
2Old Frenchapaisierto make less painful
3Old Frenchieryesterday
4Latinherī—
5Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
6Proto-Italichezī—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

Words derived from “apeser”

  • appease
  • appeasing
  • unappeasable
  • appeaser
  • inappeasable
  • appeasingly
  • appeasable
  • unappeasably
  • appeaseth
  • appeasest
  • appeaseless
  • appeasably
  • appeasive
  • appeasee
  • appeasableness
  • appeasenik
  • apesen
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