Etymograph

English

requiem

Requiem comes from Latin requiēs ‘rest, repose’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷyeh₁-‘to rest’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷyéh₁tisreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷjētisreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquiēs‘rest, quiet’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErequiēs‘rest, repose’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErequiem
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷyeh₁-‘to rest’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷyéh₁tisreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷjētisreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquiēs‘rest, quiet’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErequiēs‘rest, repose’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErequiem
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- ‘to rest’

while, whilst, quit, quiet, 18 more

through Latin quiēs ‘rest, quiet’

quite, coy, tranquil, quiescent, 14 more

Another origin of requiem

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600requinearlier origin unknown
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘shark’
  3. Englishtodayrequiem

Today it means

noun A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- / requiem

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