esti.
to be
Meaning & usage
to be
Mi estas edzo kaj patro.
Ĉu esti aŭ ne esti; tiel staras nun la demando.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French est and Italian essere. Learned borrowing from Latin est and Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with Yiddish איז (iz), English is, Russian есть (jestʹ), Polish jestem.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.