Etymology

unquiet

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Today it means: Uneasy and restless; unable to settle. Full definition →

English quiet ← Middle English quiete ← French quiet
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The story

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

From un- + quiet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.