Link Centre Dictionary

helpmate

help·mate

uncommon

noun

1.

Origin

A folk-etymological alteration of helpmeet, by reanalysis as help + mate.

Related words

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.