pacific的词源

英文词源

pacific

pacific: see peace

pacific (adj.)

1540s, "tending to make peace," from Middle French pacifique, from Latin pacificus "peaceful, peace-making," from pax (genitive pacis) "peace" (see peace) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "peaceful, calm" is first recorded 1630s. Related: Pacifical (mid-15c.); pacifically.

中文词源

pacific：和平的，平静的

词根词缀： -pac-和平 + -i- + -fic形容词词尾

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：pacific 词源，pacific 含义。

pacific：平静的，和平的

来自pacify,平息，安抚，使平和。