ave
Pronunciation: [ˈha.weː]
“ave” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:
interjection
Etymology
Borrowed with an unspelled /h/ from Punic 𐤅𐤇 (ḥawe, “live!”, 2sg. imp.), cognate to Hebrew חוה (“Chava, the biblical Eve”), and as avō from Punic [script needed] (ḥawū, 2pl. imp.), from Semitic root ḥ-w-y (live). The form might have been contaminated by Etymology 2, especially as the latter one's long vowel also ended up short via iambic shortening; this would explain the reluctance to spell the…
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