English
insister
From insist + -er.
A compound of insist + -er
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
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Proto-Italic *sistō ‘to stand’
Latin sistō ‘stand, set, place’
Latin īnsistō ‘to set foot, stand, tread or press on or upon’
Middle French insister
English insist
Today it means
noun One who insists.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / insister