- appeasement (n.)
[appeasement 词源字典] - mid-15c., "pacification," from Middle French apeisement, Old French apaisement "appeasement, calming," noun of action from apaisier (see appease). First recorded 1919 in international political sense; not pejorative until failure of Chamberlain's policy toward Germany in 1939 (Methods of appeasement was Chamberlain's description of his policy).[appeasement etymology, appeasement origin, 英语词源]
- becalm (v.)
- 1550s, from be- + calm. Related: Becalmed; becalming.
- calm (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French calmer or from calm (adj.). Related: Calmed; calming.
- sedation (n.)
- early 15c., "alleviation of pain;" 1540s, "act of making calm," from Middle French sédation and directly from Latin sedationem (nominative sedatio) "a quieting, assuaging, a calming," noun of action from past participle stem of sedare (see sedate (adj.)).
- sedative (adj.)
- "tending to calm or soothe," early 15c., from Medieval Latin sedativus "calming, allaying," from sedat-, past participle stem of sedare, causative of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). The noun derivative meaning "a sedative drug" is attested from 1785. Hence, "whatever soothes or allays."
