quitte
French
Etymology
From Old French quitte, borrowed from Latin quiētus (pronounced in Medieval Latin as quitus). Doublet of coi, which was inherited, as well as quiet, a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kit/
Descendants
- Portuguese: quite
Verb
quitte
Further reading
- “quitte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Adjective
quitte
- inflection of quitt:
- strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative and accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine and neuter singular
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quiētus (pronounced in Medieval Latin as quitus). Compare the inherited coi.
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (quitte, supplement)
- quite on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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