Where does “consistent” come from?
Consistent comes from Latin consistens, the present participle of consisto, formed from the prefix com- meaning "together" and sistere meaning "to stand or place."
consistent (English): Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature;...
Definitions
- Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature;...
Ancestry of “consistent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | consistens | halting, pausing etc |
| 2 | Latin | consistō | to stop, stand, halt |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “consistent”
- consistently
- inconsistent
- inconsistently
- paraconsistent
- selfconsistent
- selfconsistently
- paraconsistently
- equiconsistent
- paraconsistent
- sparsistent
- konsistent
- consistify
- nonconsistent
- photoconsistent
- self-consistent
- unconsistent
- inconsistentness
- inkonzisztens
- paraconsistentization
- inkonsistent
- inkonzisztensebb
- leginkonzisztensebb