Where does “pacífico” come from?

pacífico (Spanish) comes from Latin pacificus, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

pacífico (Spanish): peaceful

Definitions

  1. peaceful

Ancestry of “pacífico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpacificuspeacemaking, pacific, peaceable
2LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
3Proto-Italicfakjōto make
4Proto-Italic*θakjō—
5Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic *θakjō →