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Resist

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to oppose or withstand the force or effect of something
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Stage 1 of 2
resistere
Latin · ancient
"to stand back against"
to stand back against, from re- (back) and sistere (to stand)
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Stage 2 of 2
resist
English · 1400s
"to oppose or withstand something"
settled as the English word for opposing or withstanding something
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