Where does “esitare” come from?
esitare (Italian) comes from Italian esito, from Latin exītus, from Latin exeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
esitare (Italian): to hesitate, dither, waver, vacillate; to...
Definitions
- to hesitate, dither, waver, vacillate; to...
Ancestry of “esitare”, step by step
esitare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian esito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | esito | result, outcome, issue, upshot; first-person... |
| 2 | Latin | exītus | a departure, a going out |
| 3 | Latin | exeō | to exit, depart, go forth, come forth |
| 4 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Latin haesitō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | haesitō | to remain fixed in place |
| 2 | Latin | -tito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs |
| 3 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 4 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |