Where does “Pax” come from?

Pax derives from Latin pax, traced to Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- and peh₂ḱ-, roots meaning to fasten or make firm, from which the sense of peace as binding agreement developed.

Pax (English): The goddess and personification of peace; one of the Horae, she is a daughter of Jupiter and Themis, and her sisters are Justitia (Justice) and Disciplina / Eunomia (Order of Law); her Greek counterpart is Eirene

Definitions

  1. The goddess and personification of peace; one of the Horae, she is a daughter of Jupiter and Themis, and her sisters are Justitia (Justice) and Disciplina / Eunomia (Order of Law); her Greek counterpart is Eirene

Ancestry of “Pax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpaxpax tablet with carved religious image
2Latinpāxpeace
3Proto-Italicpākspeace
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

Words derived from “Pax”

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