## Meanings
1. The speed at which something happens or moves.
2. A single step, or the distance covered by one step.
3. To walk back and forth, especially because you are worried or impatient.

## Examples
- I prefer to live at a slow pace in the countryside.
- I stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig.
- He paced up and down the hall while he waited for the results.

## Derived Forms
- cinque-pace
- footpace
- halfpace
- mispace
- outpace
- pace-setter
- pace-setting
- paceboard
- paceline
- pacemaker
- pacemaking
- paceman

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *peth₂-
- Root: pase
- Root: pas
- Root: passus

## Etymology
From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear.

## AI Etymology
Pace comes from Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-, Middle English pase, xno pas, Old French pas, and Latin passus. Modern senses include the speed at which something happens or moves and a single step, or the distance covered by one step. The wider word family includes derivatives such as cinque-pace, footpace, halfpace, mispace, outpace, and pace-setter.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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