esser
Interlingua
/esˈser/
verb
Definitions
- to be
Etymology
Derived from French être (be, creature) derived from Italian essere (be) derived from Portuguese ser derived from Spanish, Castilian ser.
Origin
Spanish
ser
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *essĕre Latin
- benessere Italian
- checchessia Italian
- chicchessia Italian
- conciossiaché Italian
- esserci Italian
- essere Italian
- malessere Italian
- riessere Italian
- peut-être French
- être French
- enseres Spanish, Castilian
- ser Spanish, Castilian
- que Portuguese
- ser Portuguese
- estre Middle French
- seer Old Portuguese
- seer Old Spanish