Where does “silent” come from?

silent (Latin) comes from Latin sileo, from Proto-Indo-European seyl- — still, windless, quiet, slow; to be silent.

silent (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “silent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsileoI am silent, noiseless, quiet, make no sound;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseyl-still, windless, quiet, slow; to be silent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyl-Every word from Latin sileo
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