Where does “tranquillity” come from?
Tranquillity derives from Middle French tranquillité, from Latin tranquillitas (state of being calm), combining trans- (across) with quillus (calm), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- (to cross or pass through).
tranquillity (English): the state of being tranquil; the absence of...
Definitions
- the state of being tranquil; the absence of...
Ancestry of “tranquillity”, step by step
tranquillity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English tranquillite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tranquillite | peaceableness, tranquility |
| 2 | Old French | tranquillite | — |
| 3 | Latin | tranquillitās | quietness, calmness, stillness, tranquillity, serenity |
| 4 | Latin | Tranquillus | quiet, calm, still, tranquil |
| 5 | Latin | trānsquīlus | — |
| 6 | Latin | quiēs | the rest of sleep, repose |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷiētis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyéh₁tis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |
via English tranquil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tranquil | Free from emotional or mental disturbance; Calm;... |
| 2 | Middle French | tranquille | — |
| 3 | Latin | tranquillis | dative masculine plural of tranquillus; dative... |