Etymology

resistive

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Today it means: Tending to resist something or someone; resistant. Full definition →

English resist ← Middle English resisten ← Anglo-Norman resister
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  5. Proto-Italic*sistō
  6. Latinsistō
  7. Latinresistere
  8. Anglo-Normanresister
  9. Middle Englishresisten
  10. Englishresist
  11. English todayresistive

From resist + -ive.

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