Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
helpful, assisting
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne who or that which aids; a helper.
From Middle English aydaunt, aydant, a borrowing from Old French aidant, from the verb aidier (“to aid, to help”).
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