Etymology

assistantship

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Today it means: The occupation of being an assistant. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English assistant ← Middle English assistent
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  7. Proto-Italic*sistō
  8. Latinsistō
  9. Latinassistō
  10. Middle Frenchassister
  11. Middle Frenchassistant
  12. Middle Englishassistent
  13. Englishassistant
  14. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  15. English todayassistantship

From assistant + -ship.

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