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
Latin placare (calm, appease), related to placere (please) → placatus → placate
placid — calm and undisturbed
Latin placere (please) → placidus (gentle, calm) → placid
placebo — an inactive treatment used for comparison when testing a treatment
Latin placere (please) → placebo (I shall please)
complacent — so satisfied with oneself that problems or risks are overlooked
Latin com- (intensive) + placere (please) → complacere (please greatly) → complacent
implacable — impossible to calm, appease, or persuade to relent
Latin in- (not), becoming im- before p, + placare (appease) + -abilis (able to be) → implacabilis → implacable
please — to give satisfaction or enjoyment
Latin placere (please) → Old French plaisir → Middle English plesen → please

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