Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “abair” come from?

abair (Middle French) comes from Old French esbaïr, from Medieval Latin *exbadō, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

Ancestry of “abair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesbaïr—
2Medieval Latin*exbadō—
3Latinēx-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →