Where does “résistant” come from?
résistant (French) comes from French résister, from Latin resistere, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
résistant (French): resistant; present participle of résister
Definitions
- resistant; present participle of résister
Ancestry of “résistant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | résister | to resist |
| 2 | Latin | resistere | present active infinitive of resistō |
| 3 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
Words derived from “résistant”