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French word avoir comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ-, Proto-Italic *habēō
*gʰh₁bʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*habēō (Proto-Italic)
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.
*avere (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) To have, possess.. (Vulgar Latin, auxiliary) To have.
*avere (Vulgar Latin)
aver (Old French)
avoir (Middle French)
(auxiliary verb) to have (verb used to form the perfect tense). To have.
avoir (French)
Asset, possession (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs). (intransitive, with à) to have (to), must. (transitive) to have (a condition). (transitive) to have (a measure or age). (transitive) to have (to own; to possess). To have (to participate in an experience). To have (to trick).