Pace
/peɪs/noun
A rate of movement or progress; also, a step or walking speed.
Did you know?‘Pace’ comes from Latin *passus*, meaning a step, and that same root helped shape words for both movement and measurement in Roman life.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pete-
“to spread out, to step out”
Latin
Latin
passus
“a step; the distance of a step”
Late Latin
Latin
passum
“a step, pace”
Old French
Old French
pas
“a step; pace”
Middle English
English
pace
“a step; rate of movement”
Modern English
English
pace
“speed of movement or progress”