Where does “rezistență” come from?
rezistență (Romanian) comes from French résistance, from Latin resistentia, from Latin resistens, from Latin resisto, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
rezistență (Romanian): resistance
Definitions
- resistance
Ancestry of “rezistență”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | résistance | resistance |
| 2 | Latin | resistentia | resistance, opposition; nominative neuter plural... |
| 3 | Latin | resistens | remaining, continuing; withstanding, opposing,... |
| 4 | Latin | resisto | I stand back, remain standing somewhere; stand... |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |