Etymology

quieten

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Today it means: To make quiet. Full definition →

English quiet ← Middle English quiete ← French quiet
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷyeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷyéh₁tis
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷjētis
  4. Latinquiēs
  5. Latinquiēscō
  6. Latinquiētus
  7. Frenchquiet
  8. Middle Englishquiete
  9. Englishquiet
  10. English todayquieten

From quiet + -en (verbal suffix).

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