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cunctor.

to delay, impede or hold up

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkuːŋk.tɔr]Classical-Latin[ˈkuŋk.tor]
  1. to delay, impede or hold up

    conjugation-1 · deponent · impersonal
  2. to hesitate, tarry or linger

    conjugation-1 · deponent · impersonal
  3. to dawdle

    conjugation-1 · deponent · impersonal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk-der. Proto-Italic *konkitos Latindenom.? Latin cunctor Perhaps a denominative in -ō from an unattested adjective or participle, Proto-Italic *konkitos (“hanging”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”). Alternatively, it may have emerged from a pre-form *cuncitō, itself possibly an iterative from earlier *konk-e/ō-, which may derive from Proto-Indo-European *ḱonk-éye-ti, a causative from the root *ḱenk- (“to hang”). This same causative form may also be the source of Proto-Germanic *hangijaną. Cognate with English hang.

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