English
hesitational
Hesitational comes from Latin haesitātiō ‘hesitation, hesitating’, and goes back to haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaereō‘to stick, stick fast’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaesitō‘to hesitate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaesitātiō‘hesitation, hesitating’
- English1500–presenthesitation
- Englishtodayhesitational
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaereō‘to stick, stick fast’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaesitō‘to hesitate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaesitātiō‘hesitation, hesitating’
- English1500–presenthesitation
- Englishtodayhesitational
A compound of hesitation + -al
Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’
Latin haesitō ‘hesitate’
Latin haesitātiō ‘hesitating, stammering’
Latin haesitātiōnem
English hesitation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰays- ‘to adhere, to stick, to be fixed’
through Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’
coherent, adhere, adhesive, coherence, cohesion, adhesion, coherency, 25 more
through Latin haesitō ‘to hesitate’
Today it means
adj Relating to hesitation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin haereō / hesitational