English
accoy
Accoy comes from Middle French coy ‘quiet, calm’, from Latin quiēscō ‘repose, lie still’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- ‘to rest’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷyeh₁-‘to rest’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷyéh₁tisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷjētisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquiēs‘rest, repose’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquiēscō‘repose, lie still’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquietus‘at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness’perfect passive participle of quiēscō
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEquetus
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400coi
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600coy‘quiet, calm’
- Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600acoyer
- Englishearliest quotation 1596accoy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷyeh₁-‘to rest’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷyéh₁tisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷjētisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquiēs‘rest, repose’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquiēscō‘repose, lie still’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquietus‘at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness’perfect passive participle of quiēscō
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEquetus
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400coi
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600coy‘quiet, calm’
- Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600acoyer
- Englishearliest quotation 1596accoy
Earliest quotation: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene: “Of faire Pæana I received was, And oft imbrast,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- ‘to rest’
through Latin quiēs ‘rest, repose’
through Latin quiēscō ‘repose, lie still’
through Latin quietus ‘at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude,…’
through Old French coi
Today it means
verb To soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- / accoy