pacific

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 445 words | Copyright

pacific making or tending to peace XVI; peaceful XVII (P. Ocean, modL. Mare Pacificum, so called by Magellan because he found it comparatively free from violent storms). — (O)F. pacifique or L. pācificus, f. pāx, pāc- PEACE; see -FIC.
Hence pacificism, pacificist, usu. in shortened form pacifism, pacifist XX. So pacify XV. — (O)F. pacifier or L. pācificāre. pacification XV. — F. — L.

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