Etymograph

English

placit

Placit comes from Latin placitus ‘pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon’, and goes back to placeō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplaceō1‘be pleasing’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplacitus1‘pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplacitum1
  4. Englishtodayplacit1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English placit

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplaceōWiktionary, English placit‘be pleasing’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplacitusWiktionary, English placit‘pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplacitumWiktionary, English placit
  4. EnglishtodayplacitWiktionary, English placit

Linked words

through Latin placeō ‘be pleasing’

please, pleasure, plead, placebo, pleasance, 6 more

through Latin placitum

plea, 1 more

Today it means

noun A decree or dictum.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “placit”. 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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