Etymology

pacify

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Today it means: To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation. Full definition →

Middle French pacifier ← Latin pāx
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompāx“peace”
  2. Middle French · derived frompacifier
  3. English todaypacify

From Middle French pacifier, from Latin pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“to do, make”). Cognate with pay and peacify.

Words from the same roots

Latinpāx all →

peacepaxpogueapayPax Americanapaxis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.