Pleasing
/ˈpliːzɪŋ/noun
Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable.
Did you know?Pleasing comes from the same Latin root as pleasure itself: placēre, “to be pleasing, to calm,” a word family that helped shape how English talks about desire, comfort, and approval.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*plāk-
“to soothe, calm, or be agreeable”
Latin
Latin
placēre
“to be pleasing, to be acceptable, to calm”
Late Latin
Latin
placitāre
“to please repeatedly; to be agreeable”
Old French
Old French
plaisir
“to please; pleasure”
Middle English
English
plesinge
“causing pleasure or satisfaction”
Modern English
English
pleasing
“giving pleasure or satisfaction”