Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “aver” come from?

aver (Middle English) comes from Old French aver, from Old French avoir, from Latin habēre.

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
3Latinhabēre—
Every word from Latin habēre →