Etymology

quiesce

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Today it means: To become quiet or quieter. Full definition →

Latin quiēscō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromquiēscō
  2. English todayquiesce

Borrowed from Latin quiēscō ("I rest, repose, become quiet").

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.