Etymology

persist

per·sist
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Today it means: To go on stubbornly or resolutely. Full definition →

Middle French persister ← Latin persistere
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  1. Latin · derived frompersistere
  2. Middle French · borrowed frompersister
  3. English todaypersist

From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistere, from per- + sistere (“to stand”).

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