Where does “quitter” come from?
quitter (French) comes from French quitte, from Middle French quitte, from Old French quite, from Latin quiētus, from Latin quiēscō, from Latin quiēs, from Proto-Italic kʷiētis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷyéh₁tis — to rest; rest, peace.
quitter (French): to discharge somebody from an obligation; to...
Definitions
- to discharge somebody from an obligation; to...
Ancestry of “quitter”, step by step
quitter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French quitte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | quitte | quits; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Middle French | quitte | quit |
| 3 | Old French | quite | Alternative form of quitte; quits |
| 4 | Latin | quiētus | at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness |
| 5 | Latin | quiēscō | to rest, sleep, repose |
| 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 Late Latin quietare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | quietare | acquit, discharge, release; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | quiētāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | quiētō | to quiet, calm |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |