From en.wiktionary.org:
** French
*** Etymology
[fr], from [fr], from [fro], from [fr].
The [fr] now became a noun, and the infinitive ending was changed to _-aire_
by analogy with the future and conditional forms in _plair-_. The future stem
came from Latin pluperfect stem _placuer-_ ([la], [la], ...); some other verbs
also use the pluperfect stem for their future stems (but not in the case of
pluperfect forms containing _-s-_ or _-x-_), for example [fr], [fr] (if using
the infinitive form, it results on expected _*tenirai_ < [ML.] [la]), see also
Appendix:French verbs#Origins.
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Verb
[fr-verb]
1. [fr] to please , to appeal to ( _usually translated into English as_ LIKE _with exchange of subject and object_ )
2. [fr] to enjoy (oneself)
**** Conjugation
[fr-conj-auto] [refl=y]
**** Derived terms
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
*** Anagrams
- [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
[fr]
** Middle French
*** Etymology
From [frm].
*** Verb
[frm]
1. to please
**** Descendants
- [fr]
** Occitan
*** Etymology
From a variant of [oc] (probably reformed by analogy from conjugated forms;
compare French [fr] vs. [fr], and Catalan [ca] vs. [ca]), from [oc].
*** Pronunciation
- [oc]
*** Verb
[plai] [oc]
1. to please
**** Dialectal variants
- [oc] ( _Gascony_ )
- [oc] ( _Gascony_ )
- [oc] ( _Gascony_ )
**** Antonyms
- [oc]
- [oc]
- [oc]
**** Related terms
- [oc]
*** Further reading
- [500]
** Old French
*** Verb
[fro]
1. [fro] .
**** Conjugation
[pl]