Italian word resistere comes from Latin re-, Italian sistere

Detailed word origin of resistere

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
re-	Latin (lat)	Again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.. Back, backwards.
sistere	Italian (ita)
resistere	Italian (ita)	(intransitive) To endure.. (intransitive) To resist.. (intransitive) To withstand.

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