英语词汇“Indo-European root: kweiə-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: kweiə-

释义

‌‌k^weiə-
Also k^wyeə-.
To rest, be quiet. Oldest forms *k^weih₁‑, *k^wyeh₁‑.
Derivatives include while, coy, and requiem.

Suffixed zero-grade form *k^wī-lo‑ (< *k^wiə-lo‑).
1. 1. while, from Old English hwīl, while;
  2. whilom, from Old English hwīlum, sometimes. Both a and b from Germanic *hwīlō.
2. Possibly Latin tranquillus, tranquil (trāns, across, beyond; see terə-²). tranquil.
Variant form *k^wyē‑ (< *k^wyeə‑).
1. Suffixed form *k^wyē-t‑. requiem, from Latin quiēs, rest, quiet.
2. Suffixed form *k^wyē-ske‑. coy, quiet, quit; acquiesce, acquit, quitclaim, quite, quitrent, requiescat, from Latin quiēscere (past participle quiētus), to rest.

[Pokorny k^u̯eiə‑ 638.]

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