Etymology

unhesitative

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Today it means: Not hesitative; doing something without hesitating. Full definition →

English hesitative ← Latin haesitātus ← Middle 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. Latinhaereō
  9. Latinhaesitō
  10. Latinhaesitātus
  11. Englishhesitate
  12. Englishhesitative
  13. English todayunhesitative

From un- + hesitative.

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