Where does “pact” come from?
Pact comes from Middle French pacte, from Latin pactum, the past participle of paciscere meaning to agree or covenant, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-.
pact (English): An agreement; a compact; a covenant; An agreement...
Definitions
- An agreement; a compact; a covenant; An agreement...
Ancestry of “pact”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | pacte | — |
| 2 | Latin | pactum | agreement, bargain; pact |
| 3 | Latin | pacisci | present active infinitive of pacīscor; to make an... |