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Where does “prazer” come from?

prazer (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese prazer, from Latin placēre.

prazer (Portuguese): pleasure; please; to pleasure

Definitions

  1. pleasure; please; to pleasure

Ancestry of “prazer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseprazerpleasure; please; to please
2Latinplacēre—

Words derived from “prazer”

  • antiprazer
  • aprazer
Every word from Latin placēre →