Definition
The act or state of assisting; archaic or formal term for assistance or the role of an assistant.
Etymology
From Latin 'assistentia,' directly paralleling the formation of 'assistance.' This variant represents different Romance language traditions—French gave us 'assistance,' while 'assistency' draws more directly from Latin.
Kelly Says
English inherited two versions of nearly the same word from different Romance pathways—'assistance' came through French, while 'assistency' came more directly from Latin—and we kept both even though they mean almost exactly the same thing.
Translations
ARالعربية
مساعدة
musaa'adah
CACatalà
assistència
ah-sis-ten-sia
CSČeština
asistence
ah-sis-ten-ce
DEDeutsch
Beistand
bay-stont
ELΕλληνικά
βοήθεια
vo-i-the-ia
ESEspañol
asistencia
ah-sis-ten-thee-ah
FRFrançais
assistance
ahn-sis-tahnce
HIहिन्दी
सहायता
sa-ha-ya-ta
HUMagyar
segítség
seg-its-eg
IDBahasa Indonesia
bantuan
ban-tuan
IGIG
enyemaka
en-ye-ma-ka
ITItaliano
assistenza
ah-sis-ten-tsa
MSBahasa Melayu
bantuan
ban-tuan
NLNederlands
bijstand
bij-stand
PTPortuguês
assistência
ah-sis-ten-see-ah
RORomână
asistenta
ah-sis-ten-ta
RUРусский
помощь
pomoshch'
SWKiswahili
musaada
moo-sa-ada
TEతెలుగు
సహాయం
sa-ha-ya-m
THไทย
การช่วยเหลือ
gaan-chaiw-leua
UKУкраїнська
допомога
do-pomoga
VITiếng Việt
sự giúp đỡ
su-giup-do