Where does “chit” come from?
chit (Romanian) comes from French quitte, from Middle French quitte, from Old French quite, from Latin quiētus, from Latin quiēscō, from Latin quiēs, from Proto-Italic kʷiētis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷyéh₁tis — to rest; rest, peace.
Ancestry of “chit”, step by step
Words derived from “chit”