English
reluctancy
Reluctancy comes from Latin relū̆ctor ‘to struggle against, oppose, resist’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘bend, twist’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewg-‘bend, twist’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElū̆ctor‘to struggle’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErelū̆ctor‘to struggle against, oppose, resist’
- Englishtodayreluctancy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewg-‘bend, twist’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElū̆ctor‘to struggle’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErelū̆ctor‘to struggle against, oppose, resist’
- Englishtodayreluctancy
Formed from reluctant + -ancy
Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’
Latin lū̆ctor ‘to struggle, strive, contend’
Latin reluctor ‘to struggle against, oppose, resist’
Latin reluctāns ‘resisting’
English reluctant
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘bend, twist’
Today it means
noun Resistance, opposition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewg- / reluctancy