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reluctant (adj.)
"unwilling," 1660s, from Latin
reluctantem
(nominative
reluctans
), present participle of
reluctari
(see
reluctance
). Related:
Reluctantly
. The Latin word is also the source of Spanish
reluchante
, Italian
riluttante
.