esse
Neapolitan
/ɛssɐ/
verb
Definitions
- to be
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sum (I am, be, am, exist).
Origin
Latin
sum
Gloss
I am, be, am, exist
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abessive English
- absum Latin
- adsum Latin
- civis romanus sum Latin
- desum Latin
- insum Latin
- intersum Latin
- obsum Latin
- praesum Latin
- prosum Latin
- stātus Latin
- subsum Latin
- sum Latin
- supersum Latin
- suum Latin
- suus, suum Latin
- sono Italian
- seigo Spanish, Castilian
- soy Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- esence Czech
- ester Old French
- estre Old French
- son Old French
- ser Catalan, Valencian
- fi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sunt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- san Norman
- seer Old Portuguese
- escu Aromanian
- *ezom Proto-Italic
- easser Romansh
- esser Romansh
- jessi Friulian
- esser Old Occitan
- èssiri Sicilian
- èsare Venetian
- èser Venetian
- saite Dalmatian
- essere Sardinian
- èssere Neapolitan
- ièsi Istriot
- étre Franco-Provençal
- esse Piedmontese
- êser Emilian
- sou Leonese
- săm Megleno-Romanian