Etymology

unhesitating

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Today it means: Not hesitating; with no hesitation. Full definition →

English hesitating ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishhesitating
  9. English todayunhesitating

From un- + hesitating.

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