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Where does “hésiter” come from?

hésiter (French) comes from Latin haesitō, from Latin -tito, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

hésiter (French): to hesitate

Definitions

  1. to hesitate

Ancestry of “hésiter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhaesitō—
2Latin-titoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs
3Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
4Latin-tō—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “hésiter”

  • ezita
  • hezitar
  • hezito
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →