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- Latinhaereō
- Latinhaesitō
- Latinhaesitātiō
- English todayhesitation
From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”). Displaced native Old English ġewand.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.