Etymology

quedan

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Today it means: Warehouse receipt issued for stored commodities, especially sugar. Full definition →

Spanish quedan ← Old Spanish quedar ← Vulgar Latin *quētāre
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The story

  1. Latinquiēscō
  2. Latinquiētus
  3. Late Latinquiētō
  4. Vulgar Latin*quētāre
  5. Old Spanishquedar
  6. Spanishquedar
  7. Spanishquedan
  8. English todayquedan

Borrowed from Spanish quedan, ellipsis of quedan [depositadas] (“there are hereby deposited”), a phrase that appeared on the receipt. The term quedan is the third-person plural present indicative of quedar (“to remain”), from Old Spanish quedar, from Vulgar Latin *quētāre, from Late Latin quiētō, from quiētus (“quiet, calm”) + -ō (verbal suffix).

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