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peace

/ˈpis/PEES
/ˈpis/PEES

Meaninga pact, peace

Common meaning: calm

Other meanings: freedom from war

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PAK‘bind, fasten, fix, hold fast’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 188, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinpacem‘peace’source
  3. Old Frenchpaissource
  4. Englishpeace‘calm’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pacem ‘a pact, peace’.

Roots

  • pacem Latin “a pact, peace”

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