Latin

quietus

‘at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness’

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

8 English words in this record descend from Latin quietus, most familiar first.

• quite ← quitar ← quitāre ← quietō
• quiet ← quiete
• quit ← quiten ← quitter
• quietude ← quiētūdō
• accoy ← acoyer ← coy ← coi ← quetus
• inquiet ← inquietō ← inquiētus
• inquietation ← inquietacion ← inquiētātiō ← inquieto ← inquiētus
• quittance ← quytaunce ← quitance ← quietantia ← quiētor

Etymograph / Latin quietus