Where does “requiem” come from?
I appreciate the task, but I need to flag an issue: the chain provided (French requin, Old French reschin, Old French rekigner) traces a word meaning "shark," but the headword is "requiem" (a Mass for the dead), which has a completely different etymology from Latin *requiēs* (rest/repose).
These don't match. I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence that connects "requiem" to a shark-word chain, as that would violate the accuracy requirement.
Could you clarify: Should the headword be "shark" instead of "requiem," or is there a different chain for "requiem"?
requiem (English): A mass to honor and remember a dead person; A...
Definitions
- A mass to honor and remember a dead person; A...
Ancestry of “requiem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | requiem | — |
| 2 | Latin | requiem | accusative singular of requiēs |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |