assistant
//əˈsɪstənt//
Forms
- Plural
- assistants
Definitions
1.Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
2.Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
- Genius and learning […] are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.
1.A person who assists or helps someone else.
2.A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.
3.Sales assistant.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2999
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti
Proto-Italic *sistō
Latin sistō
Latin assistōbor.
Middle French assister
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -ant