The story
- Latin · derived frompax“peace”
- English todaypaxis
From the Latin pax (“peace”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpax all →
peacepaxpoguepacifyapayPax Americana
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
paxis
Today it means: Used by schoolchildren to express immunity from "being caught" in games such as bulldog or it. Full definition →
Latin pax