estre
Middle French
verb
Definitions
- to be
Etymology
Inherited from Old French estre (state, plan) inherited from Latin sum (I am, be, am, exist) inherited from Old French ester (be standing, be located) inherited from Latin stō (stand, I stand, remain, stay, be situated, stand firm).
Origin
Latin
stō
Gloss
stand, I stand, remain, stay, be situated, stand firm
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abessive English
- estre English
- *estō Latin
- *stanticō Latin
- absto Latin
- absum Latin
- adsum Latin
- antesto Latin
- asto Latin
- circumsto Latin
- civis romanus sum Latin
- consto Latin
- desum Latin
- disto Latin
- estō Latin
- exsto Latin
- insto Latin
- insum Latin
- intersto Latin
- intersum Latin
- obsto Latin
- obsum Latin
- praesto Latin
- praesum Latin
- prosto Latin
- prosum Latin
- resto Latin
- stabilis Latin
- stabulum Latin
- stamen Latin
- statim Latin
- stāns Latin
- stātus Latin
- stō Latin
- subsum Latin
- sum Latin
- supersto Latin
- supersum Latin
- suum Latin
- suus, suum Latin
- contrastare Italian
- essere Italian
- sono Italian
- ester French
- peut-être French
- étage French
- être French
- seigo Spanish, Castilian
- soy Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- resto Portuguese
- esence Czech
- estage Old French
- ester Old French
- estre Old French
- son Old French
- ser Catalan, Valencian
- fi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sunt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- san Norman
- ête Norman
- seer Old Portuguese
- escu Aromanian
- stau Aromanian
- *ezom Proto-Italic
- easser Romansh
- esser Romansh
- jessi Friulian
- esser Old Occitan
- èssiri Sicilian
- èsare Venetian
- èser Venetian
- saite Dalmatian
- esse Walloon
- étre Bourguignon
- essere Sardinian
- esse Neapolitan
- èssere Neapolitan
- ièsi Istriot
- esser Interlingua
- étar Franco-Provençal
- étre Franco-Provençal
- estr Gallo
- étr Gallo
- ête Gallo
- ète Picard
- esse Piedmontese
- êser Emilian
- sou Leonese
- săm Megleno-Romanian
- étre Franc-Comtois
- être Lorrain
- être Bourbonnais-Berrichon