Etymology of the English word apace
the English word
apacederived from the English word
a-using the Greek prefix
a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)
derived from the English word
pacederived from the Old French word
pasderived from the Late Latin word
passus (spread out; outstretched; dried; step, pace)
derived from the Latin word
pati (suffer; allow; undergo)
derived from the Latin word
pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*petə-Date
The earliest known usage of apace in English dates from the 14th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
