English

Pacific War

From Pacific + war, due to it being fought in the Pacific Ocean, and along its coasts.

A compound of Pacific + war

Middle French pacifique

Proto-Indo-European *wers- ‘to mix up, confuse’

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Medieval Latin werra

Old Northern French werre

Old English werre ‘armed conflict’

Middle English werre

English war

Today it means

name The Pacific theater of World War II, from 1941-1945.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Pacific War