- placate
[placate 词源字典]
- placate: see please
[placate etymology, placate origin, 英语词源] - placate (v.)
- 1670s, a back-formation from placation or else from Latin placatus "soothed, quiet, gentle, calm, peaceful," past participle of placare "to calm, appease, quiet, soothe, assuage," related to placere "to please" (see please). Related: Placated; placating; placatingly.