quiet

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kʷyeh₁-“rest”
2. Latin · derived fromquiētus
3. Old French · derived fromquiet
4. Middle English · inherited fromquiete
5. English todayquiet

From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".

Words from the same roots