"assistance" in seven languages
Meaningassistance
Spanish
asistencia
/asisˈtenθja/
fem.learned
Also 'attendance'; for everyday help, ayuda.
French
assistance
/asistɑ̃s/
fem.learned
Assister à means 'to attend', not 'to assist'.
Italian
assistenza
/assisˈtɛntsa/
fem.learned
Portuguese
assistência
/asisˈtẽsiɐ/
fem.learned
In everyday speech ajuda is far more common.
Romanian
asistență
/asisˈtentsə/
fem.learned
Catalan
assistència
/əsisˈtɛnsiə/
fem.learned
English
assistance
/əˈsɪstəns/
from Latin/French · Old French assistance
English → ItalianassistanceassistenzaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ASSISTERE‘to stand by’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Built on ASSISTERE 'to stand by someone'. Watch the trap: French assister à and Spanish asistir a mean 'to attend' a class or a show.
English relatives: assist, assistant, insist, resist
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In a sentence
- es¿Necesita asistencia?
- frAvez-vous besoin d'assistance ?
- itHa bisogno di assistenza?
- ptO senhor precisa de assistência?
- roAveți nevoie de asistență?
- caNecessita assistència?
- enDo you need assistance?
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