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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

  1. to assist, act as assistant to; to lend...

Ancestry of “assisteren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchassisteren—
2Middle Frenchassisterto be present
3LatinassistoI place myself somewhere, stand , post myself;...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →