Where does “avoir” come from?

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

avoir (Middle French): to have

Definitions

  1. to have

Ancestry of “avoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchavoirto have; to exist; possession; good
2Latinhabēregoods, capital, investment

Words derived from “avoir”

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