Where does “pacifism” come from?
Pacifism derives from French pacifisme, combining Latin pacificus (peaceful) with French -isme from Latin -isma, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰeh₁- meaning to put or place.
pacifism (English): The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle...
Definitions
- The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle...
Ancestry of “pacifism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pacifisme | pacifism |
| 2 | French | Pacifique | Pacific |
| 3 | Latin | pācificus | peacemaking, pacific, peaceable |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |