Where does “quittieren” come from?
quittieren (German) comes from German quitt, from French quitte, from Middle French quitte, from Old French quite, from Latin quiētus, from Latin quiēscō, from Latin quiēs, from Proto-Italic kʷiētis — to rest; rest, peace.
quittieren (German): to sign a receipt
Definitions
- to sign a receipt
Ancestry of “quittieren”, step by step
quittieren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German quitt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | quitt | quits, even |
| 2 | French | quitte | quits; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Middle French | quitte | quit |
| 4 | Old French | quite | Alternative form of quitte; quits |
| 5 | Latin | quiētus | at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness |
| 6 | Latin | quiēscō | to rest, sleep, repose |
| 7 | Latin | quiēs | the rest of sleep, repose |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷiētis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyéh₁tis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |
via Medieval Latin quitare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | quitare | release, discharge, set free; to free; to set... |
| 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 |