coi
French
adj
Definitions
- (dated) silent
- (dated) speechless
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French coy inherited from Old French coi inherited from Latin quētus, quiētus (quiet, calm).
Origin
Latin
quiētus
Gloss
quiet, calm
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
静
Emoji
🔇 🔕 😶 🤫
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coy English
- coyish English
- coyly English
- coyness English
- overcoy English
- quietus English
- uncoy English
- *quetus Latin
- inquietus Latin
- quetus Latin
- quietor Latin
- quitus Latin
- quiētus Latin
- quiētūdō Latin
- quētus Latin
- cheto Italian
- quieto Italian
- coiment French
- quiet French
- quedo Spanish, Castilian
- quieto Spanish, Castilian
- *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- quedo Portuguese
- quieto Portuguese
- coi Old French
- quitte Old French
- quitter Old French
- quieto Galician
- coy Middle French
- *kʷiētos Proto-Italic
- quietu Asturian
- cuiet Friulian