quitter

quitter · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromcoctura“cooking”
2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromquiture
3. Middle English · inherited fromquitter
4. English todayquitter

From Middle English quitter, from Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture (“burn mark, burning”), from the participle stem of cuire (“to cook”), or from Latin coctura (“cooking”).

quitter · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷyeh₁-
2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷyéh₁tis
3. Proto-Italic*kʷjētis
4. Latinquiēs
5. Latinquiēscō
6. Medieval Latinquiētus
7. Anglo-Normanquitter
8. Middle Englishquiten
9. Englishquit
10. English todayquitter

From quit + -er.

Words from the same roots