Where does “peaceable” come from?
Peaceable comes from Old French peisible, formed with the French suffix -ible from Latin -ibilis, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep-.
peaceable (English): Favouring peace rather than conflict; not...
Definitions
- Favouring peace rather than conflict; not...
Ancestry of “peaceable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | paisible | — |
| 2 | Old French | pais | peace; country; nation |
| 3 | Latin | pacem | first-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 4 | Latin | pax | peace; rest, quiet, ease; grace |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pāks | peace |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂ḱ-s | peace |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ḱ- | to join, to attach; agreement, settlement |
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