I've just noticed this peculiar statement.
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Originally Posted by pacomartin123
The close spelling of the Spanish verb "es" and the English word "is", is purely coincidence.
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The online etymological dictionary gives for
is:
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third person singular present of be, O.E. is, from Germanic stem *es- (cf. O.H.G., Ger., Goth. ist, O.N. es, er), from PIE *es-ti- (cf. Skt. asti, Gk. esti, L. est, Lith. esti, O.C.S. jesti), from PIE base *es- "to be." O.E. lost the final -t-. See be.
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This to me indicates that is and es are directly related, and is no coincidence. Moveover,
to be and
ser are the same verb.
Estar derives from Latin
stare., cognate with Greek
istemi, meaning something like
to set up.
Perhaps I'm missing something.
