Where does “acquiesco” come from?
acquiesco (Latin) comes from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
acquiesco (Latin): I repose, rest; I die, rest in death; I find...
Definitions
- I repose, rest; I die, rest in death; I find...
Ancestry of “acquiesco”, step by step
acquiesco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Ad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 2 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Latin quiēscō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | quiēscō | to rest, sleep, repose |
| 2 | Latin | quiēs | the rest of sleep, repose |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kʷiētis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyéh₁tis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |
Words derived from “acquiesco”