cunctator (n.)
"拖延或逗留者"，1650年代，源自拉丁语，代词从 cunctari "to be slow, hesitate, delay action,"，源自 PIE *konk- "to hang"（源自 Hittite kank- "to hang, weigh," Sanskrit sankate "is afraid, fears," Gothic hahan "to leave in uncertainty," Old English hon "to hang," Old Norse hengja "to hang, suspend; " 参见 hang (v.)）。在罗马历史上，独裁者 Q. Fabius Maximus 的著名姓氏。相关词： Cunctation "delay," 1580s。
最早记录年份: 1650s