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pleas- root words — words with the pleas- root

The root pleas- comes from Latin placeo, meaning please, calm. 37 words in Dendril are built from it, including pleasant, please, pleased, pleases, pleasing, unpleasant, complacent, pleasantly, pleasure, complacency, displease, displeased. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the pleas- root

Explore words with pleas- — words containing the pleas- root and sharing its sense of "please, calm". Examples include pleasant, please, pleased, pleases, pleasing, unpleasant, complacent, pleasantly, pleasure, complacency, displease, displeased. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The pleas- root means please, calm, from Latin placeo. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.