Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assistive

/əˈsɪstɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: as-sis-tive
IPA: /əˈsɪstɪv/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Providing or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability

Example Sentences

"“The use of an assistive device should not only be considered in solely biomechanical terms,” the I.P.C. said in a statement."

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 assistō Old French assisterbor. Middle English assisten English assist Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English assistive From assist + -ive.

Derived Forms

assistiveness nonassistive

Phrases

assistive technology unlicensed assistive personnel

Questions

How do you pronounce assistive?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈsɪstɪv/.
What does assistive mean?: Providing or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability
Where does assistive come from?: 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 Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English assistive From assist + -ive.

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