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ineluctable (adj.)
"not to be escaped by struggling," 1620s, from Latin
ineluctabilis
"unavoidable, inevitable," from
in-
"not, opposite of" (see
in-
(1)) +
eluctari
"to struggle out of," from
ex-
"out" (see
ex-
) +
luctari
"to struggle" (see
reluctance
).