Where does “pace” come from?
pace (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -e, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pace (Esperanto): peacefully
Ancestry of “pace”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | -e | -ly; the ending for correlatives of place |
| 2 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 3 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 4 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 5 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |