An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/quitt

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry quitt. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2524255An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q — quittJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ quitt, adjective, ‘quit, rid,’ from Middle High German quī̆t, ‘released, unencumbered, free’; borrowed about 1200 A.D. from the equivalent French quitte, whence also Dutch kwijt, English quit (also English quite); French quitte and quitter, ‘to let go, forsake,’ are derived from Latin quietare.

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