Where does “ser” come from?
ser (Catalan) comes from Catalan ésser, from Late Latin essere, from Latin sūm, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.
ser (Catalan): to be, to exist; to be located; to be
Definitions
- to be, to exist; to be located; to be
Ancestry of “ser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | ésser | to be; to exist, to be real, to be reality; being |
| 2 | Late Latin | essere | — |
| 3 | Latin | sūm | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ezom | to be |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | — |