Morpheme
Quite
Type
free base
Denotation
free, clear; completely, entirely, truly; moderately, somewhat
Etymology
Middle English quit, quite, influenced by Anglo-Norman quite; Old French quit, quite, quiter; Latin quiētus, from quiēscere, from quiēs + -scō
Evidence
quite, requitable, requital, requite, requited, requitement, requiter, requites, requiting, unrequitable, unrequital, unrequited, unrequitedly, unrequitedness, unrequitement, unrequiting
Notes
“moderately, somewhat” sense developed as a weakening of the “completely, entirely” sense
quite, quit, coy, quiet, and quietus are doublets
