Where does “unhesitatingly” come from?
Unhesitatingly derives from English unhesitating, which negates English hesitate, from Latin haesitatus, the past participle of haesito meaning to stick or hold back, from Latin haerere meaning to adhere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots.
unhesitatingly (English): In an unhesitating manner
Definitions
- In an unhesitating manner
Ancestry of “unhesitatingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unhesitating | Not hesitating; with no hesitation |
| 2 | English | hesitating | present participle of hesitate; hesitation |
| 3 | English | hesitate | To stop or pause respecting decision or action;... |
| 4 | Latin | haesitatus | hesitated, having been uncertain; having been... |
| 5 | Latin | haesitō | to remain fixed in place |
| 6 | Latin | -tito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs |
| 7 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 8 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |