etre

See also: étre and être

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton intre, from Old Breton entr-, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨntr (compare Cornish ynter, Welsh ythr), from Proto-Celtic *enter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”).

Compare Old Irish eter, Latin inter, Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar), Albanian ndër.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ˈtre/

Preposition

etre

1. between
2. among
3. betwixt

Inflection

Personal forms of etre

		singular	plural
1st person		etrezon	etrezomp
2nd person		etrezout	etrezoc'h
3rd person	m	etrezañ	etrezo
	f	etrezi
impersonal		etrezor

Derived terms

• etre-

French

Verb

etre

1. obsolete spelling of être

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *etre (whence also Tocharian A atär), of uncertain further origin.

Noun

etre ?

1. hero

Derived terms

• etreᵤ
• etreᵤññe

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “etre”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 86-87