il

1. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
2. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
3. Impersonal subject; it

y

• Character

  a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z

• Pron
• Pron

devient

third-person singular present indicative of devenir

assistant

• Verb

  present participle of assister

• Noun

en

• Prep

  1. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
  2. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
  3. by (used to indicate means)
  4. as
  5. at (used to describe an ability)
  6. of, made of (used to describe composition)
  7. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
  8. while
  9. by, in (describing a way of getting something)
  10. in (used to describe color)
  11. in (used to describe feelings)
  12. in (as part of something)

• Pron

histoire de

1. (informal) resulting in
2. (informal) in order to

de la

1. of the
2. some; the feminine partitive article

philosophie

1. philosophy, the study of thoughts
2. philosophy, one's manner of thinking
3. small pica: 11-point type
4. a philosophical (calm and stoically accepting) attitude