Etymology

complease

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Today it means: to convince Full definition →

Middle French complaire ← Latin complaceō
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  1. Latin · derived fromcomplaceō
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromcomplaire
  3. English todaycomplease

From Middle French complaire, from Latin complaceō.

Words from the same roots

Latincomplaceō all →

complacence

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.