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Where does “vacillate” come from?

Vacillate comes from Latin vacillatum, the past participle of Latin vacillo, meaning to sway or waver.

vacillate (English): To sway unsteadily from one side to the other;...

Definitions

  1. To sway unsteadily from one side to the other;...

Ancestry of “vacillate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvacillātum—

Words derived from “vacillate”

  • vacillator
  • vacillatory
  • vacillative
Every word from Latin vacillātum →