Etymology

reluctance

re·luc·tance
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Today it means: Unwillingness to do something. Full definition →

Latin relū̆ctor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromrelū̆ctor“to struggle against, oppose, resist”
  2. English todayreluctance

From reluct + -ance. From Latin relū̆ctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”) + -ance, from re- (“back”) + luctor (“to struggle”).

Words from the same roots

Latinrelū̆ctor all →

reluctancy

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