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Where does “unhesitantly” come from?

unhesitantly (English) comes from English unhesitant, from English hesitant, from Latin haesitans, from Latin haesitō, from Latin -tito, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

unhesitantly (English): In an unhesitant way; immediately, without...

Definitions

  1. In an unhesitant way; immediately, without...

Ancestry of “unhesitantly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunhesitantLacking hesitation; not hesitant
2EnglishhesitantTending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with...
3Latinhaesitanshesitating, uncertain; remaining fixed in place
4Latinhaesitō—
5Latin-titoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs
6Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
7Latin-tō—
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus—
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
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