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Where does “resister” come from?

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

resister (Middle French): to resist

Definitions

  1. to resist

Ancestry of “resister”, 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 “resister”

  • resist
  • irresistible
  • resisting
  • irresistibly
  • resistivity
  • resistive
  • resistless
  • unresisting
  • photoresist
  • resister
  • unresistingly
  • resisteth
  • resistlessly
  • resistin
  • piezoresistive
  • resistible
  • magnetoresistive
  • resistively
  • unresistible
  • irresistibleness
  • resistiveness
  • resistlessness
  • nonresisting
  • resistingly
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