bestill

The story

1. Old English · derived fromġestillan“to calm, quieten, pacify, stop”
2. Middle English · derived fromistillen
3. Middle English · inherited frombistillen
4. English todaybestill

From Middle English bistillen, bystillen (“to silence”), equivalent to be- + still. Perhaps and alteration of earlier Middle English istillen, ȝestillen (“to make still, calm”), from Old English ġestillan (“to calm, quieten, pacify, stop”).