Etymograph

English

aidance

Aidance comes from Old French aidance, from aidier ‘help, aid’, and ultimately from Latin adiuvō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuvō‘help, assist’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiūtōas adiutāre‘help, assist’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400aidier‘help, aid’
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400aidance
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1880same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuvō‘help, assist’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiūtōas adiutāre‘help, assist’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400aidier‘help, aid’
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400aidance
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1880same form

Earliest quotation: 1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas: “Since sware the Parcæ unto me, their friend, /…”

Formed from aid + -ance

Latin adiūtō ‘to assist’

Old French aidier

Old French eide

Middle English aide

English aid

Linked words

through Latin adiuvō ‘help, assist’

coadjutor, 8 more

through Latin adiūtō ‘help, assist’

jury, adjutant, 1 more

through Old French aidier ‘help, aid’

aid, aide, 1 more

Today it means

noun Aid; assistance; help.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin adiuvō / aidance

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