English
pacifycacion
Pacifycacion comes from Latin pacificatio ‘an act of peacemaking, pacification, settlement’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to join, to attach’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ḱ-‘to join, to attach’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂ḱsreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pāks‘peace’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāx‘peace’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpacificō‘to make or negotiate a peace’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpacificatio‘an act of peacemaking, pacification, settlement’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pacification
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pacifycacion‘pacification’
- Englishearliest quotation 1524same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ḱ-‘to join, to attach’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂ḱsreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pāks‘peace’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāx‘peace’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpacificō‘to make or negotiate a peace’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpacificatio‘an act of peacemaking, pacification, settlement’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pacification
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pacifycacion‘pacification’
- Englishearliest quotation 1524same form
Earliest quotation: 1524, State Papers: Published under the Author, J. Murray: “Ye shal also perceyve what I write unto the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to join, to attach’
fair, fang, pact, fay, gaffe, 9 more
through Latin pāx ‘peace’
peace, pace, repay, pax, pogue, 6 more
through Old French pacification
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- / pacifycacion