"assistant" in seven languages
Meaningassistant
Spanish
asistente
/asisˈtente/
masc.learned
Same form for a woman: la asistente (asistenta usually means a cleaner).
French
assistant
/asistɑ̃/
masc.learned
Feminine assistante.
Italian
assistente
/assisˈtɛnte/
masc.learned
Same form for a woman: l'assistente.
Portuguese
assistente
/asisˈtẽtʃi/
masc.learned
Romanian
asistent
/asisˈtent/
masc.learned
Catalan
assistent
/əsisˈten/
masc.learned
English
assistant
/əˈsɪstənt/
from Latin/French · French assistant / Latin ASSISTENTEM
English → ItalianassistantassistenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ASSISTENTEM‘standing by (from ASSISTERE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
One Latin participle, 'the one standing by', in four near-identical shapes. Spanish simplified ss to s, as it always does.
English relatives: assist, assistance, insist, resist
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In a sentence
- esMi asistente te enviará el archivo.
- frMon assistant va vous envoyer le dossier.
- itIl mio assistente ti manderà il file.
- ptMeu assistente vai te mandar o arquivo.
- roAsistentul meu îți va trimite fișierul.
- caEl meu assistent t'enviarà el fitxer.
- enMy assistant will send you the file.
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