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Spanish word hay comes from Latin habere, Proto-Italic *habēō, and later Old Spanish aver (To have.)
habere (Latin)
*habēō (Proto-Italic)
aver (Old Spanish)
To have.
*avere (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) To have, possess.. (Vulgar Latin, auxiliary) To have.
habeo (Latin)
(of feelings, problems) I affect, trouble (someone).. I accept, bear, endure.. I conduct, preside over.. I have, hold.. I own, have (possessions).. I possess, have (qualities).. I regard, consider or account a person or thing as something.. I retain, maintain.
haber (Spanish)
(auxiliary verb taking past participle to build perfect tense) to have. (idiomatic) to hold; to possess. (impersonal, in third person only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había). (with “de” + infinitive) to have to do.. Used to denote a past obligation Asset. Credit side. History.
ha i (Old Spanish)
hay (Spanish)
(impersonal) , there is, there are.