Where does “resistance” come from?
Resistance derives from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia, meaning the act of resisting or standing against.
resistance (English): The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist;...
Definitions
- The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist;...
Ancestry of “resistance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | resistence | Alternative form of resistance |
| 2 | Middle English | resistence | Military resistance or opposition to a... |
| 3 | Old French | resistence | — |
| 4 | Latin | resistentia | resistance, opposition; nominative neuter plural... |
| 5 | Latin | resistens | remaining, continuing; withstanding, opposing,... |
| 6 | Latin | resisto | I stand back, remain standing somewhere; stand... |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “resistance”
- magnetoresistance
- nonresistance
- chemoresistance
- radioresistance
- transresistance
- piezoresistance
- pharmacoresistance
- counterresistance
- thromboresistance
- coresistance
- heteroresistance
- antiresistance
- unresistance
- electroresistance
- immunoresistance
- irresistance
- thermoresistance
- monoresistance
- photoresistance
- elastoresistance
- hyperresistance
- polyresistance
- cytoresistance
- panresistance