Where does “hesitatingly” come from?
Hesitatingly derives from English hesitate, from Latin haesitatus, from Latin haesito, from Latin haerere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm, meaning to stick or hold together.
hesitatingly (English): In a hesitating manner
Definitions
- In a hesitating manner
Ancestry of “hesitatingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hesitating | present participle of hesitate; hesitation |
| 2 | English | hesitate | To stop or pause respecting decision or action;... |
| 3 | Latin | haesitatus | hesitated, having been uncertain; having been... |
| 4 | Latin | haesitō | to remain fixed in place |
| 5 | Latin | -tito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs |
| 6 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |