Where does “Pacifican” come from?
Pacifican (English) comes from English Pacific, from Latin pācificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
Pacifican (English): Pacific; relating to the Pacific Ocean
Definitions
- Pacific; relating to the Pacific Ocean
Ancestry of “Pacifican”, step by step
Pacifican traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pacific
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pacific | a steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel... |
| 2 | Latin | pācificus | peacemaking, pacific, peaceable |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |