i avoir
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Old French
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin hīc (“here”) and habēre (“to have”).
Verb
[edit]- (impersonal) there be
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
- Laissiés les mors, n'i a nul recouvrier.
- Leave the dead, there are none to be recovered.
Conjugation
[edit]- see avoir
Descendants
[edit]- French: y avoir