Etymograph

English

placet

Placet comes from Latin placet ‘it is pleasing’, and goes back to placeō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplaceō1‘to be pleasing’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplacet1‘it is pleasing’inflection of placeō
  3. Englishtodayplacet1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English placet

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplaceōWiktionary, English placet‘to be pleasing’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplacetWiktionary, English placet‘it is pleasing’inflection of placeō
  3. EnglishtodayplacetWiktionary, English placet

Linked words

through Latin placeō ‘to be pleasing’

please, pleasure, plead, placid, pleasance, 6 more

Today it means

noun A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “placet”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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