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French word être comes from Ancient Greek οὐσία, Proto-Italic *ezom (Be.), Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti, Proto-Indo-European *bʰowHéyeti, Proto-Italic *som, Old Latin esom
οὐσία (Ancient Greek)
*ezom (Proto-Italic)
Be.
*sth₂éh₁yeti (Proto-Indo-European)
*bʰowHéyeti (Proto-Indo-European)
*som (Proto-Italic)
esom (Old Latin)
*staēō (Proto-Italic)
Stand.
*fuiō (Proto-Italic)
To become.
sto (Latin)
(Medieval Latin) I [currently] am (feel). (Medieval Latin) I am [located at]. I stand. I stay, remain.
*estō (Vulgar Latin)
sum (Latin)
(copulative) I am, exist, have (with dative).
*sun (Vulgar Latin)
*sun (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) I am.
*essere (Vulgar Latin)
estre (Old French)
To be.
estre (Middle French)
To be Being (creature, entity).
être (French)
(auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs). (auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice). To be Being, creature.