Tranquilize
/ˈtræŋ.kwə.laɪz/noun
To make calm, peaceful, or less agitated.
Did you know?Tranquilize is built on the same ancient root as Latin *tranquillus*, a word for calm weather and calm seas, which later gave English the idea of peace as something you can almost *cast* over a body or mind.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ters-
“to dry up, become dry”
Latin
Latin
trāns
“across, beyond”
Latin
Latin
quies
“rest, quiet”
Latin
Latin
tranquillus
“calm, quiet, undisturbed”
17th Century
English
tranquil
“calm; undisturbed”
19th Century
English
tranquilize
“to make calm or quiet”
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