Etymograph

English

pace

Pace comes from Middle English pase, and goes back to Latin passus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpassus
  2. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400pas
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pase
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1590pace

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpassus
  2. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400pas
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pase
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1590pace

Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book II, Canto IX: “For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe…”

Linked words

through Latin passus

mile, passage, passive, compass, pas, trespass, passable, 8 more

Another origin of pace

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ḱ-‘to join, to attach’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂ḱ-s‘peace’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pāks‘peace’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāx‘peace’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāce‘in peace’ablative form of pāx
  6. Englishtodaypace

Today it means

noun A step taken with the foot.

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

Etymograph / Latin passus / pace

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