English

go-itis

From go + -itis.

Formed from go + -itis

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave’

Proto-Germanic *gāną ‘to go’

Proto-West Germanic *gān ‘to go’

Old English gān ‘to go’

Middle English gon

English go

Today it means

noun The tendency to continue with a plan or course of action despite changing circumstances.

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