The story
- Latin · borrowed fromcūnctātiō“a delaying, tarrying”
- English todaycunctation
Borrowed from Latin cūnctātiō (“a delaying, tarrying”), from cūnctor (“linger, hesitate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: Delay, hesitation, procrastination. Full definition →
Latin cūnctātiō