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

  1. Favouring peace rather than conflict; not...

Ancestry of “peaceable”, step by step

peaceable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French paisible

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpaisible—
2Old Frenchpaispeace; country; nation
3Latinpacemfirst-person singular present active subjunctive...
4Latinpaxpeace; rest, quiet, ease; grace
5Proto-Italicpākspeace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via Anglo-Norman pesible

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanpesible—

Words derived from “peaceable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s →Every word from Proto-Italic pāks →