An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/quitt

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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.