Etymology

assistance

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Today it means: Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. Full definition →

Middle English assistance ← Middle French assistance ← Medieval Latin assistentia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromassistō“to stand at”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromassistentia
  3. Middle French · derived fromassistance
  4. Middle English · inherited fromassistance
  5. English todayassistance

From Middle English assistance, from Middle French assistance, from Medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assistō (“to stand at”). By surface analysis, assist + -ance.

Words from the same roots

Latinassistō all →

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