英语词汇assistant的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	assistant
词源	assistant n. mid-15c., assistent "one who helps or aids another," from Latin assistentem (nominative assistens), noun use of present participle of assistere "stand by, attend" (see assist (v.)). The spelling changed in French then (16c.) in English. assistant adj. mid-15c., "helpful, of assistance," from Latin assistentem (nominative assistens), present participle of assistere "stand by, attend" (see assist (v.)). The spelling changed in French then (16c.) in English. Entries linking to assistant assist v. early 15c., assisten, "to help, aid, give assistance or support to in some undertaking or effort," from Old French assister "to stand by, help, put, place, assist" (14c.), from Latin assistere "stand by, take a stand near, attend," from assimilated form of ad "to" (see ad-) + sistere "stand still, take a stand; to set, place, cause to stand" (from PIE si-st-, reduplicated form of root sta- "to stand, make or be firm"). Related: Assisted; assisting. Medical assisted suicide is attested by 1884. updated on February 21, 2017
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