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quiteEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Italic *kʷjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Medieval Latin quiētusder. Anglo-Norman quitterder. Middle English quiten English quit ▲ Anglo-Norman quiteinflu. English quite A development of quit, influence by Anglo-Norman quite. Doublet of coy, quit, quiet, and quietus. For an analogous semantic development from the same root, compare Armenian շատ (šat).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Italic *kʷjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Medieval Latin quiētusder. Anglo-Norman quitterder. Middle English quiten English quit ▲ Anglo-Norman quiteinflu. English quite A development of quit, influence by Anglo-Norman quite. Doublet of coy, quit, quiet, and quietus. For an analogous semantic development from the same root, compare Armenian շատ (šat).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗quiteEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Spanish quite.
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1908- QuiteEnglish · e-38699-4947
Quite, kwīt (Spens.). Same as Quit.
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Quite, kwīt, adv. completely: wholly: entirely.—Quite a little, a good few: considerable; Quite so, a phrase denoting assent in conversation. [Merely an adv. use of the adj. quit.]
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