Translation
to insist
Word origin
From Latin insistere ('to stand upon, to press on'), built from in- plus sistere, a form of stare ('to stand'). To insist is literally to stand your ground, and the word reached Esperanto through French insister and English insist.
- Origin
- Latin, via French and English insist
- Root
- insistere
- English cognates
- insist, insistent
Examples
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She insisted that we stay for dinner.
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I do not understand why you insist on that.
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The mother insisted that the children wash their hands.
Two patterns cover most uses: for insisting on a thing, and , plus a -u verb for insisting that something happen. The volitive -u after is obligatory here, exactly as after and .
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