Place

Morpheme

Place

Type

bound base

Denotation

please, be pleasing, satisfy, make happy, appease, be agreeable to

Etymology

Latin placēre

Evidence

antiplacebo, complacence, complacency, complacent, complacently, displacency, nonplacebo, overcomplacent, placable, placable, placate, placated, placater, placates, placating, placatingly, placation, placative, placatory, placebic, placebo, placeboes, placebogenic, placebolike, placebology, placebome, placebos, placentious, placet, placid, placider, placidest, placidity, placidly, placidness, Placidyl, placit, placitory, unplacid

Notes

placit and plea are doublets

See Also

Plais, Please, Plea, Plead

Homographs

Place, Place, Place