helpmeetn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛlpmiːt/, U.S.

/ˈhɛlpˌmit/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: help n.,

Etymology: < help n. + meet adj., after the rendering in the King James Bible (see quot. 1611) of Genesis ii. 18 and 20, where the noun help is modified by meet for him . Examples such as quots. 1661 and 1673 are apparently intended as quotations of the biblical phrase (with for man corresponding closely to for him in the biblical passages), although use of a hyphen between the noun and adjective in some editions suggests that they were perceived as forming a compound unit. Use of a plural form, as in quot. 1718, shows the process of reanalysis as a compound noun complete. Compare earlier meet-help n. and meet-helper n., with the expected order of adjective and noun in such a compound. Compare also helpmate n., which probably arose by reanalysis of the present formation.

A fitting or suitable helper; a helpmate: usually applied to a wife or husband.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner

ferec975

matchOE

makec1175

spousea1200

lemanc1275

fellowc1350

likea1393

wed-ferea1400

partyc1443

espouse?c1450

bedfellow1490

yokefellow?1542

espousal1543

spouse1548

mate1549

marrow1554

paragon1557

yokemate1567

partner1577

better halfa1586

twin1592

moiety1611

copemate1631

consort1634

half-marrow1637

matrimonya1640

helpmeet1661

other half1667

helpmate1715

spousie1735

life companion1763

worse half1783

life partner1809

domestic partner1815

ball and chain1921

lover1969

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper > fitting

meet-helper1636

helpmeet1661

meet-help1696

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. ii. 18 Make we to hym help like hym. [a1425 L.V. an help lijk to hym silf].

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. ii. 20 An helper like hym.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. ii. C An helpe, to beare him company [cōpany in text].

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. ii. 20 I will make him an helpe meet for him (marg. Hebr. as before him).

1885 Bible (R.V.) Gen. ii. 20 An help meet for (or answering to) him.]

1661 O. Felltham On St. Luke xiv. 20 in Resolves (rev. ed.) 389 An Help meet [1696 Help-meet] for man.1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iv. i. 54 If ever woman was a help-meet for man, my Spouse is so.1718 Entertainer No. 15. ⁋6 Socrates had the like Number of Helpmeets; and Athenæus concludes it was no Scandal in those Times.1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 174 Or on your Help-meet let the Blame recoil.1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. iv. 142 What..if, hoping to find a help meet, we should wed our ruin?1805 ‘E. de Acton’ Nuns of Desert I. 22 Much more passed on this subject between Selwyn and his helpmeet.1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 423 But for Adam there is not found an help-meet for him.1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters i. 31 His piteous anguish to his help-meet in crime—‘Oh, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!’1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 716 No help-meet for him is found.1873 S. Smiles Huguenots in France (1881) ii. ii. 363 A true helpmeet for him, young, beautiful, rich, and withal virtuous.1881 M. E. Herbert Edith 19 Mrs. Murray was the model of all that is contained in the old-fashioned word of ‘help-meet’ to her husband.in extended use.1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 249/2 Gutta percha..has..sufficient specialities to render it a valuable help-meet to its elder brother [caoutchouc].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	helpmeet
释义	helpmeetn. Brit. /ˈhɛlpmiːt/, U.S. /ˈhɛlpˌmit/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: help n., Etymology: < help n. + meet adj., after the rendering in the King James Bible (see quot. 1611) of Genesis ii. 18 and 20, where the noun help is modified by meet for him . Examples such as quots. 1661 and 1673 are apparently intended as quotations of the biblical phrase (with for man corresponding closely to for him in the biblical passages), although use of a hyphen between the noun and adjective in some editions suggests that they were perceived as forming a compound unit. Use of a plural form, as in quot. 1718, shows the process of reanalysis as a compound noun complete. Compare earlier meet-help n. and meet-helper n., with the expected order of adjective and noun in such a compound. Compare also helpmate n., which probably arose by reanalysis of the present formation. A fitting or suitable helper; a helpmate: usually applied to a wife or husband. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner ferec975 matchOE makec1175 spousea1200 lemanc1275 fellowc1350 likea1393 wed-ferea1400 partyc1443 espouse?c1450 bedfellow1490 yokefellow?1542 espousal1543 spouse1548 mate1549 marrow1554 paragon1557 yokemate1567 partner1577 better halfa1586 twin1592 moiety1611 copemate1631 consort1634 half-marrow1637 matrimonya1640 helpmeet1661 other half1667 helpmate1715 spousie1735 life companion1763 worse half1783 life partner1809 domestic partner1815 ball and chain1921 lover1969 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper > fitting meet-helper1636 helpmeet1661 meet-help1696 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. ii. 18 Make we to hym help like hym. [a1425 L.V. an help lijk to hym silf]. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. ii. 20 An helper like hym. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. ii. C An helpe, to beare him company [cōpany in text]. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. ii. 20 I will make him an helpe meet for him (marg. Hebr. as before him). 1885 Bible (R.V.) Gen. ii. 20 An help meet for (or answering to) him.] 1661 O. Felltham On St. Luke xiv. 20 in Resolves (rev. ed.) 389 An Help meet [1696 Help-meet] for man.1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iv. i. 54 If ever woman was a help-meet for man, my Spouse is so.1718 Entertainer No. 15. ⁋6 Socrates had the like Number of Helpmeets; and Athenæus concludes it was no Scandal in those Times.1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 174 Or on your Help-meet let the Blame recoil.1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. iv. 142 What..if, hoping to find a help meet, we should wed our ruin?1805 ‘E. de Acton’ Nuns of Desert I. 22 Much more passed on this subject between Selwyn and his helpmeet.1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 423 But for Adam there is not found an help-meet for him.1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters i. 31 His piteous anguish to his help-meet in crime—‘Oh, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!’1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 716 No help-meet for him is found.1873 S. Smiles Huguenots in France (1881) ii. ii. 363 A true helpmeet for him, young, beautiful, rich, and withal virtuous.1881 M. E. Herbert Edith 19 Mrs. Murray was the model of all that is contained in the old-fashioned word of ‘help-meet’ to her husband.in extended use.1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 249/2 Gutta percha..has..sufficient specialities to render it a valuable help-meet to its elder brother [caoutchouc]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1661
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