Where does “resistiveness” come from?
resistiveness (English) comes from English resistive, 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.
resistiveness (English): The quality of being resistive
Definitions
- The quality of being resistive
Ancestry of “resistiveness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | resistive | Resisting the passage of electrical current;... |
| 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 |