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Where does “assistere” come from?

assistere (Italian) comes from Latin assisto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

assistere (Italian): to assist; to be present ; to attend

Definitions

  1. to assist; to be present ; to attend

Ancestry of “assistere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinassistoI place myself somewhere, stand , post myself;...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “assistere”

  • radioassistere
  • assistibile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →