Etymology

reluctor

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Today it means: A toothed ring or wheel that rotates past a variable reluctance sensor. Full definition →

Latin luct(or)
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromluct(or)“to struggle”
  2. English todayreluctor

From re- + Latin luct(or) (“to struggle”) + -or.

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