self-help
English
noun
Definitions
- The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.
- (legal) An act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings.
Etymology
Prefix from English help.
Origin
English
help
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behelp English
- help English
- helpability English
- helpable English
- helpee English
- helper English
- helpest English
- helpfile English
- helpful English
- helpless English
- helpline English
- helply English
- helpsheet English
- helpsome English
- helpworthy English
- househelp English
- overhelp English
- self-helpy English
- telehelp English
- unhelp English
- help Middle English
- help Welsh
- helpim Tok Pisin
- album Kriol