Where does “insister” come from?

insister (French) comes from Latin īnsistō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

insister (French): to insist

Definitions

  1. to insist

Ancestry of “insister”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnsistōto set foot, stand, tread or press on or upon something
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “insister”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →