- propitiate (v.)
[propitiate 词源字典]
- 1580s, a back-formation from propritiation and in part from propitiate (adj.), from Latin propitiatus, past participle of propitiare "appease, propitiate" (see propitiation). Related: Propitiated; propitiating; propitiatingly; propitiable (1550s).[propitiate etymology, propitiate origin, 英语词源]