Etymology

sist

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Today it means: To stay (e.g. judicial proceedings); to delay or suspend; to stop Full definition →

Latin sistō
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  1. Latin · derived fromsistō“to bring to a stand, stop”
  2. English todaysist

From Latin sistō (“to bring to a stand, stop”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.