Where does “y avoir” come from?

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

y avoir (Middle French): there be

Definitions

  1. there be

Ancestry of “y avoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchi avoirthere be
2Latinhabēregoods, capital, investment

Words derived from “y avoir”

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