Where does “aver” come from?

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

aver (Middle English): horse or other beast of burden, service required...

Definitions

  1. horse or other beast of burden, service required...

Ancestry of “aver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchaverAlternative form of avoir
2Old Frenchavoirto have; to exist; possession; good
3Latinhabēregoods, capital, investment

Words derived from “aver”

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