inquiéter French · revision 16486

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1170, Livre des Rois|origins=la quiēs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɛ̃.kje.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inquiéter'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|inquiētō|t=to disturb, trouble]], a verb of the Imperial period, from [[m|la|inquiētus|t=restless]] (whence [[inquiet]]), from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[m|la|quiētus|t=at rest]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(FEW|4, 705b) Wiktionary dates the Old French “inquieter” to the 12th century.^(Wiktionary)

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+ Cognate with [[pro|inquietar]], [[es|inquietar]] and [[it|inquietare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the Old French ''Livre des Rois'' (about 1170) Samuel asks Saul ''purquei m'as inquieted e traveilled'', “why have you disturbed and troubled me”, translating the Vulgate's ''quare inquietasti me'': to disturb someone's rest.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In law it meant to disturb someone in the possession of a property (1479); in Cotgrave (1611) to harass, as an enemy does.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) The modern sense, to make someone anxious, is in Corneille's ''Théodore'' (1645).^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007) ''S'inquiéter'' “to worry” followed; in classical French ''s'inquiéter sur'' meant to inquire about (Sévigné, 1677).^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary) In sports, ''inquiéter'' an opponent is to threaten them; the slangy ''t'inquiète'' means “don't worry”.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1170 – ''Inquieted'', ''Livre des Rois''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1479 – Disturbing a possession, in law.^(TLFi)

+ * 1611 – “To harass”, Cotgrave.^(TLFi)

+ * 1645 – “To make anxious”, Corneille.^(TLFi)

+ * 1677 – ''S'inquiéter sur'', Madame de Sévigné.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|worry]], make anxious: ''son silence m'inquiète''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''S'inquiéter'': to worry, be anxious: ''ne t'inquiète pas'', ''s'inquiéter de'', to concern oneself with.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To harass, trouble (by attacks or legal action): ''la police ne l'a plus inquiété''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

+ # ''(sports)'' To threaten (an opponent).^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(literary)'' To disturb the peace or rest of.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inquiétant]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inquiet]]

+ * [[inquiétude]]

+ * [[t'inquiète]]

+ * [[quiétude]]

+ * [[la|inquiētō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}