Conciliate
/kənˈsɪli.eɪt/noun
To make peace with someone or bring parties into agreement.
Did you know?Conciliate ultimately traces back to Latin *conciliare*, from *concilium* (“assembly, council”), which is related to the same root behind *council* and *counsel*—so the word’s power is literally about gathering minds into one room.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kel-
“to call, summon, cry out”
Latin
Latin
concilium
“an assembly, gathering, council”
Latin
Latin
conciliare
“to bring together, win over, make friendly”
Late Latin
LLatin
conciliāre
“to reconcile, placate”
Middle English
English
conciliaten
“to win over, make friendly”
Modern English
English
conciliate
“to appease or reconcile”