Where does “hesitativeness” come from?
hesitativeness (English) comes from English hesitative, from English hesitate, from Latin haesitatus, from Latin haesitō, from Latin -tito, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
hesitativeness (English): The state or condition of being hesitative
Definitions
- The state or condition of being hesitative
Ancestry of “hesitativeness”, step by step
hesitativeness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hesitative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hesitative | Distinguished by hesitation; hesitating |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |