insist
/ˌɪnˈsɪst/in-SIST
/ˌɪnˈsɪst/in-SIST
Meaningto stand on
Common meaning: to demand firmly
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- sistto cause to stand, setLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1711 · scan
‘in, into’ + ‘to cause to stand, set’ → insist
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin sistō ‘to cause to stand, set’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sistō, p. 1711 · dictionary scan
Roots
- sistō, stitī Latin “to cause to stand, set”
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