Etymology

hesitance

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Today it means: The act or state of hesitating. Full definition →

Latin haesitantia
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  1. Latinhaereō
  2. Latinhaesitō
  3. Latinhaesitāns
  4. Latinhaesitantia
  5. English todayhesitance

Borrowed from Latin haesitantia.

Words from the same roots

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hesitancy

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.