Where does “desplaisant” come from?
desplaisant (Old French) comes from Old French desplaire, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti — to give.
desplaisant (Old French): unpleasant; disagreeable
Definitions
- unpleasant; disagreeable
Ancestry of “desplaisant”, step by step
desplaisant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French desplaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | desplaire | to irritate; to anger; to strongly displease |
| 2 | Old French | des | — |
| 3 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 5 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 6 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via Old French desplere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | desplere | Alternative form of desplaire; to displease |
| 2 | Old French | plere | Alternative form of plaire; to please |
| 3 | Latin | placeō | to be pleasing or agreeable to; to please, to be nice; to be welcome or acceptable; to satisfy, suit in a mental rather than a sensual way |