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Pacify

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to calm someone's anger or distress, or to bring an end to conflict
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Stage 1 of 2
pax
Latin · ancient
"peace"
peace, combined with facere (to make)
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Stage 2 of 2
pacify
English · 1400s
"to calm someone down, or to end a conflict"
settled as the English word for calming someone or ending a conflict
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