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Where does “sistere” come from?

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

sistere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “sistere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstísteh₂tito be standing up, to be getting up
2Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “sistere”

  • existence
  • exist
  • existing
  • existential
  • existent
  • coexistence
  • nonexistent
  • coexist
  • armistice
  • existentialism
  • nonexistence
  • existentially
  • coexistent
  • preexistent
  • preexistence
  • inexistent
  • preexist
  • inexistence
  • exister
  • nonexisting
  • existeth
  • existentialistic
  • nonexistential
  • unexistent
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