plazer

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin placēre, present active infinitive of placeō. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French plaisir.

Verb

plazer

1. to please (be pleasing (to))

Noun

plazer m (oblique plural plazers, nominative singular plazers, nominative plural plazer)

1. pleasure

Descendants

• Old Catalan: plaser, plaer
  • Catalan: plaer, plaure
• Occitan: plaser, plàser, plaire

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “placēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume
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