Where does “quitaunce” come from?
quitaunce (Middle English) comes from Old French quitance, from Latin quietantia, from Latin quiētans, from Latin quiētor, from Latin quiētus, from Latin quiēscō, from Latin quiēs, from Proto-Italic kʷiētis — to rest; rest, peace.
Ancestry of “quitaunce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | quitance | — |
| 2 | Latin | quietantia | a release or acquittal; a discharge from a debt... |
| 3 | Latin | quiētans | calming |
| 4 | Latin | quiētor | to calm, quiet |
| 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 |