quitter
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to discharge somebody from an obligation
- (transitive) to leave, to quit
- (transitive) to part with somebody, to leave somebody
Etymology
Affix from French quitte derived from Latin quietare, quiētāre.
Origin
Latin
quiētāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *quētāre Latin
- *quētō Latin
- quietare Latin
- quietor Latin
- quitāre Latin
- quiētor Latin
- quiētāre Latin
- quietanza Italian
- quietare Italian
- quittance French
- quitte French
- квиты Russian
- quietar Spanish, Castilian
- quitaesmalte Spanish, Castilian
- quitamanchas Spanish, Castilian
- quitamiedos Spanish, Castilian
- quitanieves Spanish, Castilian
- quitapinturas Spanish, Castilian
- quitar Spanish, Castilian
- quitavidas Spanish, Castilian
- *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- quitte Old French
- kvitanco Esperanto
- quī̆t Middle High German
- cuietâ Friulian
- kita Papiamentu
- kite Haitian, Haitian Creole
- quitté Louisiana Creole French