plesen
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- to please
Etymology
Derived from Old French plere derived from Latin placeō (appease, please, satisfy).
Origin
Latin
placeō
Gloss
appease, please, satisfy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- misplease English
- overplease English
- pleasable English
- please English
- pleased English
- pleaseman English
- pleaser English
- pleasest English
- pleaseth English
- pleasing English
- pleasy English
- superplease English
- unpleasive English
- beneplaceo Latin
- complaceo Latin
- displiceo Latin
- placeō Latin
- placidus Latin
- placēre, placeo Latin
- plaisant French
- плиз Russian
- desplere Old French
- plaise Old French
- plaisir Old French
- plere Old French
- प्लीज़ Hindi
- plîs Welsh
- plezar Ido
- plac Aromanian
- প্লিজ Bengali
- প্লীজ Bengali
- plis Tok Pisin
- *plakjɔnit Proto-Albanian
- placar Dalmatian