Word: persistent
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: per
sist
ent
Definition: Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
Morphemes:
Affix: persist
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: per-
Language: la
Decoded: per-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely.
Affix: sistō
Language: la
Decoded: sisto
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I stop, I stand still; I halt; I stand firm.
Affix: -ent
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Causing, promoting, or doing a certain action
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ēns
Language: la
Decoded: -ens
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Ending of the present active participle of second and third conjugation verbs; ee -ns.