Etymology

propeace

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Today it means: In favor of peace. Full definition →

English peace ← Middle English pees ← Anglo-Norman peis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Italic*prō
  5. Latinprō
  6. Englishpro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂ḱs
  9. Proto-Italic*pāks
  10. Latinpāx
  11. Old Frenchpais
  12. Anglo-Normanpeis
  13. Middle Englishpees
  14. Englishpeace
  15. English todaypropeace

From pro- + peace.

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