placid.
calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
Meaning & usage
calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
a placid disposition
a placid lake
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin placeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin placiduslbor. French placide English placid Borrowed from French placide, from Latin placidus (“peaceful, calm, placid”), from placeō (“please, satisfy”).
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