Unum Pacem Means One Peace in Latin in a Daily Dose of Peace

A Daily Dose of Peace. Each week, I focus on Love, Joy, and Peace in the world languages. February’s second week focuses on Italy in Europe.

European vowel changes over time poetry with Kimberly Burnham

One Peace with Vowel Changes Over Time in European Languages

Vowels change over time
here are languages of Europe
from least to most-changed languages

Old French and English changed
so much more than Italian
Spanish and Catalan from Latin

English: aeiou one peace

Proto-Romance or later
“pācem” pronounced [patsʲe] peace

Latin for one peace
“ūnum” (masculine) “pācem” (feminine)

Proto-Italo-Western (a, e, i, o, u)
“ˈunu ˈpatʃe” one peace

Conservative Central Italian (a, e, i, o, u)
“unu pace”

Italian (a, e, i, o)
“uno pace”

Spanish (a, e/-, o)
“uno paz”

Catalan (a, -/e)
“un pau”

Old French (e, -/e)
“un paiz”

English “one peace”

Peace in Italy, France, Spain, Europe poetry with Kimberly Burnham Photo by Ananthan Loggi on Unsplash

Originally Published in Finding Peace in Italy, a Travel and Meditation Journal on February 12, 2021.