Where does “résister” come from?

résister (French) comes from Latin resistere, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

résister (French): to resist

Definitions

  1. to resist

Ancestry of “résister”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinresisterepresent active infinitive of resistō
2Latinsisteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstísteh₂tito be standing up, to be getting up
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “résister

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂tiEvery word from Latin sistere