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placo.

to appease

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpɫaː.koː]Classical-Latin[ˈplaː.ko]
  1. to appease

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  2. to placate, pacify, assuage, soothe, calm, quiet

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  3. to reconcile

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Where this word comes from

Traditionally uncertain. The relation with Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“wide and flat”) offered by Pokorny is rejected by De Vaan, who suggests Proto-Indo-European *pleHk- (“pleasingness or permission”), with only Tocharian relatives (such as Tocharian B plāk- (“to please”)). If the laryngeal is h₂, a semantically difficult relationship could be drawn to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to hit”), whence Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). Related to placeō.

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