resistor
/ɹɪˈzɪstə/rih-ZIH-stur
/ɹɪˈzɪstɚ/rih-ZIH-stur
Meaninga person or thing that resists
Common meaning: a person or thing that resists (inferred)
- reagain; back
- sistto cause to stand, setLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1711 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘again’ + ‘to cause to stand, set’ → resistor
Journey through time
- Latinsistō, stitī‘to cause to stand, set’
- Frenchresister
- Englishresist‘to fight against’
- Englishformed in English from resistresistor‘a person or thing that resists (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: a person or thing that resists. It can be inferred from any of: resist.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from resist + -or (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- sistō, stitī Latin “to cause to stand, set”
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