Where does “avoir” come from?
avoir (Middle French) comes from Old French avoir, from Latin habēre.
avoir (Middle French): to have
Ancestry of “avoir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | avoir | to have; to exist; possession; good |
| 2 | Latin | habēre | — |
Words derived from “avoir”