pax
Latin
noun
Definitions
- peace
- (poetic) rest, quiet, ease
- (transferred sense) grace esp. from the gods
- (transferred sense) leave, good leave permission
- (ecclesiastical) peace, harmony
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *pāks inherited from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ḱ-s (peace).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*péh₂ḱ-s
Gloss
peace
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- apay English
- pax English
- *adpācāre Latin
- pācem Latin
- pēnsum Latin
- *péh₂ḱ-s Proto-Indo-European
- pees Middle English
- pes Middle English
- apaiier Old French
- pais Old French
- pes Old French
- paxblað Icelandic
- pasteco Galician
- pastequeiro Galician
- paċi Maltese
- *pāks Proto-Italic
- spéis Middle Irish
- paci Sicilian
- peis xno
- pois Bourguignon