debvoir

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Middle French

Alternative forms

devoir

Etymology

From Old French devoir, with an ornamental silent ⟨b⟩ in reminiscence of the original Latin debēre.

Verb

debvoir

to owe
(modal) to have to; must

Noun

debvoir m (plural debvoirs)

(literally and figuratively) debt
duty

Descendants

French: devoir
→ Middle English: devoir
- English: devoir

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