Words that come from Old French avoir

400 words across 33 languages descend from Old French avoir — including as, available, credit, huge, whereas, availability, abandon, ass.

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English (226)

French (59)

Ido (19)

Old French (16)

Middle English (11)

Middle French (8)

German (6)

Spanish (6)

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Hungarian (3)

Russian (3)

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Haitian Creole (3)

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Romanian (2)

Norman (2)

Vietnamese (2)

Tagalog (1)

Latin (1)

Japanese (1)

Norwegian (1)

Chinese (1)

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Finnish (1)

Polish (1)

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