Where does “avoir” come from?

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

avoir (Old French): to have; to exist; possession; good

Definitions

  1. to have; to exist; possession; good

Ancestry of “avoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhabēregoods, capital, investment

Words derived from “avoir

Every word from Latin habēre
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