Where does “resistivity” come from?
Resistivity comes from English resistive, from Latin resistivus, from Latin resistere meaning to oppose or withstand, ultimately from Proto-Italic wre.
resistivity (English): The resistance offered at a particular...
Definitions
- The resistance offered at a particular...
Ancestry of “resistivity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |