quiet

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 390 words | Copyright

quiet freedom from disturbance or noise. XIV. — AN. quiete, OF. quieté, f. quiet (— L. quiētus, pp. of quiēscere be QUIESCENT), whence quiet adj. XIV.
Hence quiet vb. XV, quieten (-EN2) XIX. So quietism mysticism characterized by passive contemplation. XVII. — It. quietismo. quietude XVI. — F. quiétude or medL. quiētūdō.

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