assistant
/əˈsɪstənt/uh-SIH-stuhnt
/əˈsɪstənt/uh-SIH-stuhnt
Meaningstanding by
Common meaning: a helper
- asto, towards
- sistto cause to stand, setLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1711 · scan
- antadjective ending: being
‘to, towards’ + ‘to cause to stand, set’ → assistant
Journey through time
- Latinsistō, stitī‘to cause to stand, set’
- Frenchassister
- Englishassist‘to help’
- Englishformed in English from assistassistant‘a helper’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from assist + -ant.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ASSIST, p.38 · scan
Roots
- sistō, stitī Latin “to cause to stand, set”
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