Where does “avoirs” come from?

avoirs (French) comes from French avoir, from Middle French avoir, from Old French avoir, from Latin habēre — goods, capital, investment.

avoirs (French): plural of avoir

Definitions

  1. plural of avoir

Ancestry of “avoirs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavoirto have; to own; to possess; to get
2Middle Frenchavoirto have
3Old Frenchavoirto have; to exist; possession; good
4Latinhabēregoods, capital, investment

Words derived from “avoirs”

Every word from Latin habēre →Every word from Old French avoir →Every word from Middle French avoir →
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