The story
- Latin · derived fromcomplaceō“to please”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromcomplacentia
- Middle English · inherited fromcomplacence
- English todaycomplacence
From late Middle English complacence, from Medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complaceō (“to please”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishcomplacence all →
Latincomplaceō all →
complease
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.