ser

to be (essentially or identified as); to be (in the passive voice sense); to exist; to occur

“Yo soy de los Estados Unidos.” — I am from the United States.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum, esse Early Medieval Latin essere Old Spanish seerinflu. Spanish eser Spanish ser From Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse. The form sois pl (“you are”) derives from a Vulgar Latin *sutis. Along the way, the verb absorbed Old Spanish seer < Latin sedēre (“sit”). The present subjunctive may e

a being, organism; nature, essence; value, worth

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum, esse Early Medieval Latin essere Old Spanish seerinflu. Spanish eser Spanish ser From Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse. The form sois pl (“you are”) derives from a Vulgar Latin *sutis. Along the way, the verb absorbed Old Spanish seer < Latin sedēre (“sit”). The present subjunctive may e