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Where does “reluctor” come from?

reluctor (Latin) comes from English re-, from Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

reluctor (Latin): I resist

Definitions

  1. I resist

Ancestry of “reluctor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishre-again, anew; a completive or intensification of...
2Middle Englishre-—
3Old Frenchre-re-
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “reluctor”

  • reluctant
  • reluctance
  • reluctantly
  • reluctancy
  • unreluctant
  • unreluctantly
  • reluct
  • unreluctance
  • reluctaturus
  • reluctatus
  • reluctandus
  • reluctans
  • riluttante
  • riluttanza
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