The story
- Old English · inherited fromāġēnstandan
- Middle English · inherited fromaȝeinstanden
- English todayagainstand
From Middle English aȝeinstanden, aȝenstonden, from Old English āġēnstandan, ongēanstandan (“to stand against, press, urge, insist upon”), equivalent to again- + stand.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.