Where does “unhesitating” come from?
Unhesitating derives from English hesitate, from Latin haesitatus, from Latin haesito, from Latin haerere meaning to stick or hold fast, from Proto-Indo-European roots ano-, ne, and h₂ent-.
unhesitating (English): Not hesitating; with no hesitation
Definitions
- Not hesitating; with no hesitation
Ancestry of “unhesitating”, 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 |