assist
English
/əˈsɪst/
verb
Definitions
- To help.
- (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
- (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
- (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
- (now) To be present (at (at) an event, occasion etc.).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English assisten derived from Old French assister (assist, attend) derived from Latin assistō (I stand at, bestand, stand at).
Origin
Latin
assistō
Gloss
I stand at, bestand, stand at
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- assister English
- assistest English
- assisteth English
- assistful English
- assistive English
- assistless English
- assistor English
- coassist English
- fan English
- fan-assisted oven English
- nonassistive English
- oven English
- overassist English
- assistentia Latin
- assistō Latin
- assist Italian
- assistere Italian
- assister French
- assist Swedish
- アシスト Japanese
- assisten Middle English
- assister Old French
- asist Turkish
- assister Middle French