Where does “aplacar” come from?
aplacar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese placar, from French plaquer, from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.
aplacar (Portuguese): to placate, appease
Definitions
- to placate, appease
Ancestry of “aplacar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | placar | to calm; To tackle; scoreboard |
| 2 | French | plaquer | to plate; To tackle; To grapple |
| 3 | French | plaque | sheet, plate; slab; plaque |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 6 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |