The story
- Latin · derived frompax“peace”
- Old French · derived fromapaiier“to appease”
- Middle English · inherited fromapaien
- English todayapay
From Middle English apaien, from Old French apaiier (“to appease”). See Latin pax (“peace”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpax all →
peacepaxpoguepacifyPax Americanapaxis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.