Where does “assisteren” come from?
assisteren (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch assisteren, from Middle French assister, from Latin assisto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
assisteren (Dutch): to assist, act as assistant to; to lend...
Definitions
- to assist, act as assistant to; to lend...
Ancestry of “assisteren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | assisteren | — |
| 2 | Middle French | assister | to be present |
| 3 | Latin | assisto | to place oneself somewhere, stand (at or by), post oneself; approach, come upon; stop or halt in a position |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |