Where does “어시스트하다” come from?

어시스트하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 어시스트, from English assist, from Middle English assisten, from Old French assister, from Latin assisto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

어시스트하다 (Korean): assist

Definitions

  1. assist

Ancestry of “어시스트하다”, step by step

어시스트하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 어시스트

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean어시스트assist
2EnglishassistTo help; To make a pass that leads directly...
3Middle Englishassisten
4Old Frenchassisterto assist, to attend
5Latinassistoto place oneself somewhere, stand (at or by), post oneself; approach, come upon; stop or halt in a position
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én