English
RIP
RIP comes from Latin requiescat.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErequiescatas RIP
- Englishearliest quotation 2019RIP
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErequiescatas RIP
- Englishearliest quotation 2019RIP
Earliest quotation: 2019, Alex McLevy: “But Sandor shoves his knife through his brother’s head,…”
Every English word from Latin requiescat
Today it means
intj Expressing disappointment at the fact that someone or something has come to an end or gone away.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin requiescat / RIP