## Meanings
1. A situation without war or fighting between countries or groups.
2. A feeling of calm and quiet, free from noise or worry.
3. A calm state of mind, free from stress and worry.

## Examples
- The two nations finally signed an agreement and made peace.
- I love the peace of the countryside in the early morning.
- The safety equipment gives me some peace of mind.

## Derived Forms
- antipeace
- dispeace
- greenpeace
- make-peace
- makepeace
- peace-loving
- peace-nik
- peaceability
- peaceable
- peacebreaker
- peacebreaking
- peacebuilder

## Related Forms
- pacific
- pacification
- pacifism
- pacifist
- pacify

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pees
- Root: peis
- Root: pais
- Root: pāx
- Root: *peh₂ḱ-

## Etymology
From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Doublet of pax. Displaced native Old English sibb and broadly ousted friþ (modern frith).

## AI Etymology
Peace comes from Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Doublet of pax. Displaced native Old English sibb and broadly ousted friþ (modern frith). Modern senses include a situation without war or fighting between countries or groups and a feeling of calm and quiet, free from noise or worry. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antipeace, dispeace, greenpeace, make-peace, makepeace, and peace-loving and related forms such as pacific, pacification, pacifism, and pacifist.

## Topics
- War & Conflict

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