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pact

/pækt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
  2. An agreement between two or more nations
  3. An alliance or coalition.
  4. To form a pact; to agree formally.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English pact, from Middle French pacte, from Old French, and its etymon Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from pacīscī (“to agree”). Probably a doublet of patio.

  1. pactum(Latin)→
  2. -(fro)→
  3. pacte(frm)→
  4. pact(enm)→
  5. *peh₂ǵ-(ine-pro)→
  6. pact (English)
  7. Relations: root, inh, der, der, der

Related words

*peh₂ǵ-(ine-pro)pact(enm)pacte(frm)-(fro)pactum(Latin)Pakt(German)

Descendant words

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