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 assistō
Old French assisterbor.
Middle English assisten
English assist
From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).
Meanings
A helpful action or an act of giving.
The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
The act of helping another player score points or goals ▸ A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
Özil has 16 assists in the Premier League and three goals; he has two more goals in the Champions League. On Monday, he took Bournemouth apart in the 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium, setting up the first for Gabriel and scoring the second himself. 2016 January 1, David Hytner, “Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory”, in The Guardian:
The act of helping another player score points or goals ▸ A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
bg асистенция (statistical recognition of making a pass) · fi syöttö (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · tr asist (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · fi syöttö (statistical recognition of making a pass) · ca assistència (statistical recognition of making a pass) · de partially also Torschussvorlage (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · fr passe décisive (statistical recognition of making a pass) · pl asysta (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · ja 補殺 (baseball: a defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout) · de Torvorlage (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · de Vorlage (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · pt assistência (statistical recognition of making a pass) · ko 보살 (baseball: a defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout) · fi maalisyöttö (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · is stoðsending (statistical recognition of making a pass) · az məhsuldar ötürmə (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · tr asist (statistical recognition of making a pass) · ko 어시스트 (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · sh asistencija (statistical recognition of making a pass) · nl assist (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · ru голево́й пас (statistical recognition of making a pass) · it aiuto (statistical recognition of making a pass) · sv assist (statistical recognition of making a pass) · it assistenza (statistical recognition of making a pass) · it assist (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer) · ru результати́вная переда́ча (statistical recognition of making a pass) · ja アシスト (soccer: a decisive pass made to the goal scorer)
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 assistō
Old French assisterbor.
Middle English assisten
English assist
From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).
Meanings
To help.
The referee seemed well placed to award the goal, but video evidence suggested the protests were well founded and the incident only strengthens the case of those lobbying for technology to assist officials. 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
This book will assist you in getting your life in order.
Tutor feedback assists the learning process.
To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
(archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
(archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies. 1789, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin, published 1990, page 138:
To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation. 1967, The Rev. Loren Gavitt (ed.), Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church, revised edition, West Park, NY: Holy Cross Publications, p. 8