plac

please, calm

Spelled plac · placere 'please'; related placare 'calm, appease'

Latin placare meant to calm: placate an angry neighbor, find a placid lake, or face an implacable enemy who cannot be soothed.

Words built from it

placate — to calm someone's anger or resentment
plac (calm) + -ate (make)
placid — calm and undisturbed
plac (calm) + -id (having a quality)
placebo — an inactive treatment used for comparison when testing a treatment
plac (please) + -ebo (I shall)
complacent — so satisfied with oneself that problems or risks are overlooked
com- (thoroughly) + plac (please) + -ent (being)
implacable — impossible to calm, appease, or persuade to relent
im- (not; form of in-) + plac (calm) + -able (able to be)
please — to give satisfaction or enjoyment
plac (please)

misplace — Its plac letters belong to place, from Latin platea, meaning a broad street, not placere or placare.