Where does “acquiescing” come from?
Acquiescing comes from Middle French acquiescer, from Latin acquiescere, meaning to find rest in or assent to, formed from ad- plus quiescere, to become quiet.
acquiescing (English): present participle of acquiesce
Definitions
- present participle of acquiesce
Ancestry of “acquiescing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | acquiesce | To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to... |
| 2 | Middle French | acquiescer | — |
| 3 | Latin | acquiesco | I repose, rest; I die, rest in death; I find... |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |
Words derived from “acquiescing”