English
pleasing
Pleasing comes from Middle English plesynge.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500plesynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1950pleasing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500plesynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1950pleasing
Earliest quotation: 1950, H. C. Casserley, Locomotive Cavalcade, 1920-1950—6: “These two designs were neat and handsome, by modern…”
Formed from please + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *pleHk- ‘pleasingness’
Latin placeō ‘to please’
Old French plaise
Middle English plesen
English please
Every English word from Middle English plesynge
Another origin of pleasing
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500plesing
- Englishtodaypleasing
Today it means
adj Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English plesynge / pleasing