devoir
Old French
verb
Definitions
- (modal) to have to; must
- to owe
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dēbēre (must).
Origin
Latin
dēbēre
Gloss
must
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- debitum Latin
- duo Latin
- dēbita Latin
- dēbitum Latin
- dēbēre Latin
- exhibitus Latin
- habilis Latin
- habilitās Latin
- habitus Latin
- inhibitus Latin
- prohibeo Latin
- dovere Italian
- devoir French
- deber Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)kep- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- gafeluc Old English
- dout Middle English
- endevour Middle English
- gabháil Irish
- deu, deü Old French
- deveir Old French
- doute Old French
- deure Catalan, Valencian
- գօտի Old Armenian
- argaib Old Irish
- congaib Old Irish
- fo·gaib Old Irish
- foácaib Old Irish
- gabul Old Irish
- indocbál Old Irish
- turcbál Old Irish
- (se mettre) en devoir (de faire) Middle French
- debvoir Middle French
- dever Old Portuguese
- *gabaglā Proto-Celtic
- *gablā Proto-Celtic
- *gabyeti Proto-Celtic
- *wereti Proto-Celtic
- deure Occitan
- dever Occitan
- *habēō Proto-Italic
- dovê Friulian
- dovar Dalmatian
- dovei Ladin