placer
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placer
I was reading a Spanish phrase that contained this word: placer, meaning pleasure. I wondered if it was somehow related to placer mining where valuable minerals, like gold are separated out due to the density of the material. I think so. The PIE root for "please" is PLAKE, with the notion of calm and still water.
William A. Hupy
Re: placer
Apparently not. It seems that "placer" in the mining sense comes from the Spanish plaza, an open place. Ultimately from Latin platea, a courtyard or broad street.I was reading a Spanish phrase that contained this word: placer, meaning pleasure. I wondered if it was somehow related to placer mining
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