Latin

sistō

‘to halt, stand still’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin sistō.

19 English words in this record descend from Latin sistō, most familiar first.

• assistant ← assistent ← assister ← assistō
• assistance ← assistentia ← assistō
• assist ← assisten ← assister ← assistō
• resist ← resisten ← resister ← resistere
• insist ← insister ← īnsistō
• consist ← consister ← consistō
• persistent ← persistentem ← persistō
• persist ← persister ← persistere
• armistice ← armistitium ← arma
• subsistence ← subsistentia ← subsistēns ← subsistō
• solstice ← sōlstitium
• desist ← desister ← dēsistō

More words from sistō

• existentialist
• sist
• consistorial
• interstice
• institorial
• justitium
• solstitial
• exist
• existence
• consistent

Etymograph / Latin sistō