Where does “y avoir” come from?

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

y avoir (French): there be

Definitions

  1. there be

Ancestry of “y avoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchy avoirthere be
2Old Frenchi avoirthere be
3Latinhabēregoods, capital, investment
Every word from Latin habēre →Every word from Old French i avoir →Every word from Middle French y avoir →