Where does “hesitantly” come from?
Hesitantly derives from English hesitant, from Latin haesitans, the present participle of haesito, from haereo meaning to stick or cling, with the iterative suffix -ito, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
hesitantly (English): With hesitation; With reluctance
Definitions
- With hesitation; With reluctance
Ancestry of “hesitantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hesitant | Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with... |
| 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 |