habeo

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(conjugation-2) to have, hold
(conjugation-2) to own, have (possessions)
(conjugation-2) to possess, have (qualities)
(conjugation-2) to retain, maintain
(conjugation-2) to conduct, preside over
(conjugation-2) to regard, consider or account a person or thing as something
(conjugation-2) to accept, bear, endure
(conjugation-2) to affect, trouble (someone)
(conjugation-2) to enjoy, have, possess
(Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, auxiliary, conjugation-2) to have
(Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, conjugation-2, present, with-infinitive) to want; will, shall, should
(Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, conjugation-2, imperfect, past, with-infinitive) would
(Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, conjugation-2) to have to; to be compelled
(Medieval-Latin, conjugation-2) there be

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈha.be.oː]

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeo From Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō; the latter from earlier *haβējō may be from *gʰeh₁bʰ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”). Compare Old Irish gaibid (“takes, holds”), Polish gabać (“to accost, sue”). As such, it was long thought to be related to English give, though more recent research has placed this in doubt. Despite similarity in meaning and form habeo is unrelated to English have, which is, rather, cognate with Latin capiō (“to take”). Oscan and Umbrian have cognate forms with -b-, which must reflect an original *-b-, because Proto-Italic *-β- (and therefore PIE *-bʰ-) becomes -f-, not -b-, in those languages. On the other hand, *b is a seldom-attested phoneme in PIE, whose status is still disputed. Thus, the exact origin of this word is not clear. Among the oldest attestations are the works of Plautus (circa 254 to 184 BC) and the Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus (186 BC). Umbrian cognate hab- attested in the Iguvine Tablets (oldest tablets 3rd century BC). Oscan cognate haf- attested in the Tabula Bantina (89 BC). When used as a future in Late Latin and subsequently Romance, the pronunciation evolved into /ˈaβjo/ > /ˈajo/.