avoir French · revision 16231
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It is [[inh|fro|avoir]], [[inh|la|habeō|t=to have, hold, possess]].^(TLFi)^(FEW|4, 361b)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary) The Latin verb meant at first “to hold, occupy” and “to dwell”, like its derivative [[m|la|habitō]] (whence [[habiter]]), and already served as an auxiliary in Cato.^(DHLF 1992) Its clear relatives are only in the other Italic languages (Oscan, Umbrian) and Celtic ([[ga|gaibim|t=I take]]); Wiktionary derives it from [[itc-pro|*habēō]], perhaps from [[ine-pro|*gʰh₁bʰ-|t=to grab, take]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary) It is not related to [[en|have]] and [[goh|habēn]], which belong to the family of [[m|la|capiō|t=to seize]], though these Germanic verbs may have reinforced it.^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary)
− The future “aurai”, which replaced “arai” during the 16th century, is not well explained (“orai” is already found in 13th-century Picard), and “arai” is still common in northern dialects.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Cognate with [[it|avere]], [[oc|aver]], [[es|haber]], [[pt|haver]] and [[ro|avea]]; [[en|aver]] was borrowed through Old French.^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)
+ The future “aurai”, which replaced “arai” during the 16th century, is not well explained (“orai” is already found in 13th-century Picard), and “arai” is still common in northern dialects.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Cognate with [[it|avere]], [[oc|aver]], [[es|haber]], [[pt|haver]] and [[ro|avea]].^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary) [[en|aver]] was borrowed through Old French.^(Wiktionary)
==Earliest recorded meaning==