English
hesitation
Hesitation comes from Latin haesitātiō ‘hesitating, stammering’, and goes back to haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaereō‘to stick, stick fast’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaesitō‘hesitate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaesitātiō‘hesitating, stammering’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaesitātiōnemaccusative singular of haesitātiō
- Englishtodayhesitation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaereō‘to stick, stick fast’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaesitō‘hesitate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaesitātiō‘hesitating, stammering’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaesitātiōnemaccusative singular of haesitātiō
- Englishtodayhesitation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰays- ‘to adhere, to stick, to be fixed’
through Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’
coherent, adhere, coherence, adhesive, cohesion, adhesion, coherency, 25 more
through Latin haesitō ‘hesitate’
Today it means
noun An act of hesitating
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin haereō / hesitation