Help Definition
- nourishment
- sustenance
- maintenance
- hired help
- aides
- representatives
- supporter
- helper
- assistant
- service
- avail
- assistance
- aid
- assist
- subvention
- To serve or provide oneself with:
Help yourself to the cookies.
- To take (something) without asking permission:
The thief even helped himself to the spare change in the jar.
- To assist (someone) in taking off a piece of clothing:
Help me off with these boots.
- To assist in putting on a piece of clothing:
Help your grandmother on with her coat.
- cannot fail to; be compelled or obliged to
- to be the victim of circumstances, a habit, etc.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Help
- help (oneself) to
- help (someone) off
- help (someone) on
- cannot help but
- cannot help oneself
- help oneself (to)
- help out
- so help me (God)
Origin of Help
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From Middle English helpen, from Old English helpan (“to help, aid, assist, benefit, relieve, cure”), from Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”). Cognate with West Frisian helpe (“to help”), Low German helpen (“to help”), Dutch helpen (“to help”), German helfen (“to help”), Danish hjælpe (“to help”), Norwegian hjelpe (“to help”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English, from Old English help (“help, aid, assistance, relief”), from Proto-Germanic *helpō (“help”), *hilpiz, *hulpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”). Cognate with West Frisian help (“help”), Dutch hulp (“help”), Swedish hjälpa (“to help”), German Hilfe (“help, aid, assistance”), Danish hjælp (“help”), Norwegian hjelp (“help”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English helpen from Old English helpan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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