Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)The state, quality, or condition of being still; stillness; tranquility; peace.

Origin

From Middle English stilthe, from Old English *stilþ, *stillþ, *stillþu (“stillness”), fro

From Middle English stilthe, from Old English *stilþ, *stillþ, *stillþu (“stillness”), from Proto-Germanic *stilliþō (“stillness, quietness”), equivalent to still + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with West Frisian stilte (“silence, stillness, quietness”), Dutch stilte (“silence, stillness, quietness”), Low German stilte (“quietness”), Old High German stillida (“quietness”).

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