persist
English
/pɚˈsɪst/, /pəˈsɪst/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
- (intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
- (intransitive) To continue to exist.
- (intransitive) To continue to be; to remain.
- (computing) To cause to persist; make permanent.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French persister derived from Latin persistō, persistere.
Origin
Latin
persistō, persistere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipersistent English
- biopersistent English
- hyperpersist English
- hyperpersistent English
- impersistent English
- non-null persistent English
- nonpersistent English
- null persistent English
- persistability English
- persistable English
- persistent English
- persistently English
- persister English
- persistive English
- persistor English
- semipersistent English
- unpersist English
- persistēns Latin
- persistō, persistere Latin
- persisteren Dutch, Flemish
- persister French
- persistir Spanish, Castilian
- persistar Ido
- persister Middle French