LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

quiētiāre

*quiētiāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Gallo Romancereconstructionto calm down

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷyeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷyéh₁tis
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷjētis
  4. Latinquiētiāre

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin qu(i)ētus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -iāre Latin *quiētiāre From qu(i)ētus (“calm”) + -iāre (suffix forming causative verbs).

Descendants
  • Franco-Provençalquèsiér
  • Old Frenchcoisier
  • Old Occitanquezar

Quick answers

What does quiētiāre mean in Latin?
quiētiāre, a verb, means “to calm down”.
Where does quiētiāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis → Proto-Italic *kʷjētis → Latin quiētiāre.