English

reluctor

Reluctor comes from Latin luctor ‘to struggle’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘bend, twist’.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewg-‘bend, twist’reconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluctor‘to struggle’
Englishtodayreluctor

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewg-‘bend, twist’reconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluctor‘to struggle’
Englishtodayreluctor

Formed from re-

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘bend, twist’

lock, leek, loke, 17 more

Today it means

noun A toothed ring or wheel that rotates past a variable reluctance sensor.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewg- / reluctor

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