quietus
English
/kwʌɪˈiːtəs/
noun
Definitions
- A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
- (figuratively) Death.
- Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quiētus (quiet, calm) root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (rest).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷyeh₁-
Gloss
rest
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
休
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acquiescently English
- coy English
- quiesce English
- *quetus Latin
- acquiescens Latin
- acquiescere Latin
- acquiēscentem Latin
- acquiēscere Latin
- conquiesco Latin
- inquietus Latin
- inquiētantem Latin
- inquiētus Latin
- inquiētāre Latin
- inquiētūdinem Latin
- irrequietus Latin
- irrequiētus Latin
- quiescentia Latin
- quiesco Latin
- quietor Latin
- quietus Latin
- quitus Latin
- quiēscentem Latin
- quiēscentia Latin
- quiēscēns, quiescens Latin
- quiētor Latin
- quiētus Latin
- quiētūdō Latin
- quētus Latin
- requiem Latin
- requiem [aeternam dōnā eīs, Domine] Latin
- requies Latin
- requietus Latin
- requiēs Latin
- tranquillitātem Latin
- acquiescentemente Italian
- acquiescenza Italian
- acquietamento Italian
- acquietare Italian
- acquietarsi Italian
- inquietamente Italian
- inquietarsi Italian
- inquietezza Italian
- irrequietezza Italian
- irrequietudine Italian
- quietamento Italian
- quietanzare Italian
- quietanzatore Italian
- quietanzatrice Italian
- quietazione Italian
- quietezza Italian
- quietismo Italian
- quietista Italian
- quietistico Italian
- quietitudine Italian
- quieto Italian
- requiare Italian
- acquiescence French
- quiet French
- quittance French
- quieto Spanish, Castilian
- *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷyeh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷyeh₁tos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- quedo Portuguese
- quieto Portuguese
- *hwīlō Proto-Germanic
- *pokojь Proto-Slavic
- quitte Old French
- quitter Old French
- quieto Galician
- gorffwys Welsh
- terwilen Middle Dutch
- *kʷiētos Proto-Italic
- quietu Asturian
- cuiet Friulian
- *pat- Proto-Brythonic
- 𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫 Old Persian