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Where does “haesitantia” come from?

haesitantia (Latin) comes from Latin haesitans, 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.

Ancestry of “haesitantia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhaesitanshesitating, uncertain; remaining fixed in place
2Latinhaesitō—
3Latin-titoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs
4Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
5Latin-tō—
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →