Etymology of the French word été
the French word
étéderived from the Latin word
aestatemderived from the Latin word
aestas (summer; summer heat, weather)
derived from the Latin word
aestus (agitation, passion, seething)
Date
The earliest known usage of été in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
arrière-étéCognates
Dutch
et cetera, Dutch
staat, Dutch
status, English
estate, English
state, English
status, English
et cetera, French
état, French
et cetera, German
Etat, German
Staat, German
Status, Italian
stato, Italian
state, Latin
status, Norwegian
stat, Norwegian
status, Provençal
estat, Russian
штaт, Spanish
estado, Swedish
etcetera, Swedish
stat, Swedish
status, Yiddish
shtat