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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1526|origins=la sistō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kənˈsɪst/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|consister]] or directly [[la|cōnsistō|t=to stand firm, take a position, exist]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|con-]], here intensive, and [[m|la|sistō|t=to cause to stand, place]], related to [[m|la|stō|t=to stand]] (see [[stand]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Collins 2023) from [[ine-pro|*sta-|t=to stand, make or be firm]].^(Etymonline) The same Latin verb is in [[assist]], [[desist]], [[exist]], [[insist]] and [[resist]].^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To exist, to be made of parts: 1526 in Barnhart, the 1520s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The NODE gives a late Middle English sense, to be located or inherent in.^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Consist on'' or ''upon'', to rest upon, is from about 1534, now obsolete.^(OED 1989) To stand firm is from 1542, to coexist from 1548, and to have a settled existence from 1551.^(OED 1989) With ''of'', to be composed of, it is from the 1560s,^(Etymonline) and to be consistent from 1638.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Consistency is from 1594 and consistence from 1598.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1526 – to exist, consist.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1534 – consist on, rest upon.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1560s – to be composed of.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1594 – consistency.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1638 – to be consistent.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''consist of'': to be made up or composed of: ''syrup consists of sugar and water''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''consist in'': to have its basis or essence in; to lie in.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To be compatible; to [[accord]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[consistence]]

+ * [[consistency]]

+ * [[consistent]]

+ * [[consistory]]

+ * [[assist]]

+ * [[exist]]

+ * [[insist]]

+ * [[resist]]

+ * [[stand]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}