DictionaryRoot: sistere
Latin
sistere
make stand; take a stand
Forms
- sistere
- -sist- — The form retained inside many compounds.
Origin
Formed within the Latin family of stare, “stand,” ultimately from an old Indo-European root for standing.
Note
Making something stand can mean establishing it, stopping it, or making it remain.
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noun
consistency
kuhn-SIS-tuhn-see/kənˈsɪstənsi/
Agreement without variation or contradiction.
Etymology
“Standing together” first described physical firmness, then agreement or harmony. Applied to principles, actions, or parts of a system, it came to mean steady adherence or logical agreement.