Where does “resisten” come from?

resisten (Middle English) comes from Middle French resister, from Latin resistere, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

resisten (Middle English): To resist; to work against or counteract; To...

Definitions

  1. To resist; to work against or counteract; To...

Ancestry of “resisten”, step by step

resisten traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French resister

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchresisterto resist
2Latinresisterepresent active infinitive of resistō
3Latinsisteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstísteh₂tito be standing up, to be getting up
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Old French resistre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchresistreAlternative form of resister

via Anglo-Norman resister

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanresisterto resist

Words derived from “resisten

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