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hesitation
1620s, from L.
hæsitationem
(nom.
hæsitatio
) "irresolution, uncertainty," from
hæsitare
"stick fast, stammer in speech, be undecided," freq. of
hærere
"stick, cling," from PIE
*ghais-eyo
(cf. Lith.
gaistu
"to delay, tarry").
