Where does “indecisive” come from?

Indecisive comes from Middle French indécisif, from Latin indecīsus (not decided), combining Latin in- (not) and dēcīsus (decided), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to cut or separate.

indecisive (English): Not decisive; not marked by promptness or...

Definitions

  1. Not decisive; not marked by promptness or...

Ancestry of “indecisive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
2Middle Englishin-—
3Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
4Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
5Proto-West Germanic*in—
6Proto-Germanicinin; into
7Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “indecisive”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →