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Where does “assister” come from?

assister (Middle French) 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.

assister (Middle French): to be present

Definitions

  1. to be present

Ancestry of “assister”, 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 “assister”

  • assistant
  • assistantship
  • underassistant
  • assistantly
  • assistant
  • assistant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →