Quiescent
/kwiˈɛsənt/noun
Inactive, dormant, or at rest.
Did you know?Quiescent entered English through Latin scientific and medical usage, carrying the eerie idea of something that is not dead, just temporarily at rest.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kʷeys-
“to rest, lie down, be quiet”
Latin
Latin
quies
“rest, repose, quiet”
Latin
Latin
quiescere
“to come to rest, become quiet”
Late Latin
Latin
quiescentem
“resting, becoming quiet”
14th Century
English
quiescent
“at rest; inactive”