Pleasant
f.
Latin placens, placentia 'pleasing, satisfying, giving pleasure'.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1559 Plesans (nom) StMartF p. 59
- Early Modern English
- ● 1575 Pleasant RegBisham p. 20
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1179 Placentia (abl) clairvaux-12thc 181;
1274 Placentia (nom) RegToul-13thC p. 45,
Placentiam (acc) ibid. p. 45
- Middle French
- ● 1421 Plaisante favier 256;
1571 Plaisance RegPCC-1
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Pleasant". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Pleasant.