aver
verb
Meaning
- to have; to possess
Etymology / origin
From Latin habēre (“to have, hold, keep”). Cognate with Old French avoir, aver, aveir, avoyr, Old Sardinian avere, and Old Spanish aver.
- aver(Old Spanish)→
- avere(sc-old)→
- avoir(Old French)→
- habeō(la)→
- aver (Old Occitan)
- Relations: inh, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- aver(Occitan) (inh)
- avoir(Old French) (cog)
- aver(Old Spanish) (cog)
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