English
colluctancy
Colluctancy comes from Latin collū̆ctor ‘to struggle with’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewg-‘to bend’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluctor‘to struggle, strive, contend’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollū̆ctoras collū̆ctārī‘to struggle with’
- Englishearliest quotation 1664colluctancy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewg-‘to bend’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluctor‘to struggle, strive, contend’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcollū̆ctoras collū̆ctārī‘to struggle with’
- Englishearliest quotation 1664colluctancy
Earliest quotation: 1664, Henry Power, Microſcopical Obſervations: A Digreßion of the Animal Spirit: “Thirdly, the Spirits are in their third ſtate of…”
Formed from collū̆ctārī ‘to struggle with’ + -ancy
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’
through Latin luctor ‘to struggle, strive, contend’
Today it means
noun Synonym of colluctation: struggling, conflict, strife.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewg- / colluctancy