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Where does “cunctor” come from?

cunctor (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic konkitos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- — to hang.

cunctor (Latin): I delay, impede or hold up; I hesitate, tarry or...

Definitions

  1. I delay, impede or hold up; I hesitate, tarry or...

Ancestry of “cunctor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italickonkitoshanging
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱenk-to hang

Words derived from “cunctor”

  • cunctation
  • cunctatory
  • cunctans
  • cunctaturus
  • cunctatus
  • cunctatio
  • cunctabundus
  • cunta
  • acumtin
  • cunctino
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