are, [AS. (Northumbrian)
aron, akin to the 1st pers. pl. forms, Icel.
erum, Goth.
sijum, L.
sumus, Gr. , Skr.
smas; all from a root
as. See
Am and
Is, and cf.
Be.].
The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as. [1913 Webster]