Latin

quiēs

‘rest, repose’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin quiēs.

19 English words in this record descend from Latin quiēs, most familiar first.

• quite ← quitar ← quitāre ← quietō ← quiētus
• tranquil ← tranquille ← tranquillus
• coy ← coi
• requiem ← requiēs
• quiescent ← quiēscēns ← quiēscō
• quiescence ← quiescentia ← quiescens
• quietude ← quiētūdō ← quiētus ← quiēscō
• requiescat ← requiēscō ← quiēscō
• inquietude ← inquiētūdō ← quiētūdō
• accoy ← acoyer ← coy ← coi ← quetus
• acquiescement ← acquiescer ← acquiesco ← quiēscō
• inquiet ← inquietō ← inquiētus ← quiētus ← quiēscō

More words from quiēs

• inquietation
• quiesce
• quittance
• quiescency
• requiescent
• requietory
• requiescence
• quiet

Etymograph / Latin quiēs