English Explanatory Dictionary

assistant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
  2. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
noun
  1. Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
  2. A person who assists or helps someone else.
  3. Sales assistant.
  4. A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.

Pronunciation

/əˈsɪstənt/ en-us-assistant.ogg

Word forms

assistant assistaunt assistants

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 Middle French -ant Middle French assistantbor. Middle English assistent English assistant From Middle English assistent, from Middle French assistant, from assister. By surface analysis, assist + -ant.

Synonyms

wizard

Related words

assist assistance

Derived words

assistant chief constable assistant field cornet assistantly assistant-manage assistant manager assistant professor assistant referee assistantship assistant stage manager butler's assistant certified nursing assistant education assistant lab assistant laboratory assistant language assistant legal assistant library assistant nurse assistant nurse's assistant nurse-assistant nurses' assistant nursing assistant personal assistant personal digital assistant physician assistant physician's assistant physician-assistant physicians' assistant referee assistant research assistant shop assistant teacher's assistant teaching assistant underassistant video assistant referee virtual assistant voice assistant
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