[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French obstinat, [[Latin]] obstinatus, past participle of obstinare to be resolved, from ob- in the way + -stinare (akin to stare to stand) | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French obstinat, [[Latin]] obstinatus, past participle of obstinare to be resolved, from ob- in the way + -stinare (akin to stare to stand) |