English
tranquil
Tranquil comes from Latin tranquillus ‘quiet, calm, still, tranquil’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtranquillus‘quiet, calm, still, tranquil’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tranquille
- Englishearliest quotation 1847tranquil
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtranquillus‘quiet, calm, still, tranquil’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tranquille
- Englishearliest quotation 1847tranquil
Earliest quotation: 1847, Charlotte Brontë: “Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here:…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- ‘to rest’
while, quiet, whilst, quit, 18 more
through Latin quiēs ‘rest, quiet, peace’
Today it means
adj Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin tranquillus / tranquil