Where does “acquiesce” come from?
Acquiesce comes from Middle French acquiescer, from Latin acquiescere, formed from the prefix ad- and quiescere meaning to become quiet or at rest.
acquiesce (English): To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to...
Definitions
- To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to...
Ancestry of “acquiesce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | acquiescer | — |
| 2 | Latin | acquiesco | I repose, rest; I die, rest in death; I find... |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
Words derived from “acquiesce”