Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “insister” come from?

insister (Middle French) comes from Latin īnsistere.

Ancestry of “insister”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnsistere—

Words derived from “insister”

  • insist
  • insister
  • insisteth
  • insistest
  • insisture
Every word from Latin īnsistere →