Where does “quiet” come from?
quiet (Catalan) comes from Latin quiētus, from Latin quiēscō, from Latin quiēs, from Proto-Italic kʷiētis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷyéh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷyeh₁- — to rest; rest, peace.
quiet (Catalan): calm, stopped; quiet
Ancestry of “quiet”, step by step