Where does “nonresisting” come from?
nonresisting (English) comes from English resisting, from English resist, from Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister, from Latin resistere, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
nonresisting (English): unresisting; without resistance
Definitions
- unresisting; without resistance
Ancestry of “nonresisting”, step by step
nonresisting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English resisting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | resisting | Present participle and gerund of resist;... |
| 2 | English | resist | To attempt to counter the actions or effects of;... |
| 3 | Middle English | resisten | To resist; to work against or counteract; To... |
| 4 | Middle French | resister | to resist |
| 5 | Latin | resistere | present active infinitive of resistō |
| 6 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |