Where does “quit” come from?
quit (Latin) comes from Latin queo, from Latin nequeo, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
quit (Latin): third-person singular present active indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular present active indicative...
Ancestry of “quit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | queo | I am able, can |
| 2 | Latin | nequeo | I am unable; I cannot |
| 3 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |