requiem

Meaning

Noun

• A mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
• A musical composition for such a mass.
• A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
• rest; peace
• A large or dangerous shark, specifically, a member of the family Carcharhinidae.

Origin

• From Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs ("rest, repose"), from re- + quiēs.
• From French requin, altered by association with Etymology 1, above.