English
acquiet
Acquiet comes from Late Latin acquietare.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEacquietare
- Englishearliest quotation 1613acquiet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEacquietare
- Englishearliest quotation 1613acquiet
Earliest quotation: 1613, Anthony Sherley, Sir Antony Sherley: “[…] can acquiet his mind from stirring you against…”
A compound of ad ‘toward, to (direction)’ + quies ‘rest’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’
Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’
Latin ad ‘toward, to (direction)’
Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- ‘to rest’
Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis
Proto-Italic *kʷjētis
Latin quies ‘rest’
Every English word from Late Latin acquietare
Today it means
verb To quiet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin acquietare / acquiet