Where does “avè” come from?
avè (Corsican) comes from French avec, from Middle French avec, from Old French avoc, from Vulgar Latin aboc, from Latin apud, from Latin ad post.
avè (Corsican): to have
Ancestry of “avè”, step by step
avè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French avec
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | avec | with |
| 2 | Middle French | avec | Alternative form of avecques |
| 3 | Old French | avoc | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | aboc | — |
| 5 | Latin | apud | at, by, near, among; before, in the presence of,... |
| 6 | Latin | ad post | — |
via Italian avere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | avere | to have |
| 2 | Latin | habeō | to have, hold |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | habēō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰh₁bʰ- | to grab, to take; to grab, take |