Etymology

assister

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Today it means: One who assists; an assistant or helper. Full definition →

English assist ← Middle English assisten ← Old French assister
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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. Old Frenchassister
  11. Middle Englishassisten
  12. Englishassist
  13. English todayassister

From assist + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.