Where does “hesitance” come from?
hesitance (English) comes from Latin haesitantia, from Latin haesitans, from Latin haesitō, from Latin -tito, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
hesitance (English): The act or state of hesitating
Definitions
- The act or state of hesitating
Ancestry of “hesitance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | haesitantia | stammering |
| 2 | Latin | haesitans | hesitating, uncertain; remaining fixed in place |
| 3 | Latin | haesitō | to remain fixed in place |
| 4 | Latin | -tito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs |
| 5 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |