Etymologically, “helpmate” or companion is said to be derived from “help-meet, a ghost word from the 1611 ‘King James’ translation of the Bible, in which it was at first a two-word noun-adjective phrase” from the Latin, as in “‘an help meet for him,’ and meaning literally ‘a helper “like himself.’ Another translation is “sustainer beside him.” The New King James Version changes this to “a helper comparable to him.” One can imagine a congregation hearing the term spoken aloud, turning it into...