Where does “quitar” come from?
quitar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin quiētāre, from Latin quiētō, from Latin quiētus, from Latin quiēscō, from Latin quiēs, from Proto-Italic kʷiētis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷyéh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷyeh₁- — to rest; rest, peace.
Ancestry of “quitar”, step by step
Words derived from “quitar”