A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ETRE

Fri, 12 Dec '25
French 101 verb
Sun, 21 Sep '25
To be, in Nice
Mon, 30 Jun '25
Raison d'___
Tue, 6 May '25
Raison d'___
Wed, 16 Apr '25
Raison d'___
Mon, 24 Feb '25
To be, in French
Sun, 9 Feb '25
To be, in Gay Paree
Fri, 20 Dec '24
French 101 verb
Sat, 16 Nov '24
Being, to Sartre
Fri, 8 Nov '24
"Sommes" and "serai" are forms of it
Mon, 14 Oct '24
Raison d'___
Wed, 27 Mar '24
Oh, to be in France!
Thu, 18 Jan '24
Peut-___ (French "maybe")
Sat, 25 Nov '23
French verb whose first letter contains a circumflex
Mon, 6 Nov '23
"To be," to Henri
Sat, 4 Nov '23
To be overseas?
Sun, 30 Jul '23
Raison d'___
Wed, 26 Jul '23
French 101 verb
Sun, 2 Jul '23
French 101 verb
Tue, 20 Jun '23
Raison d'___
Sun, 28 May '23
Infinitive of the French "suis" and "sommes"
Sat, 19 Nov '22
French 101 verb
Sun, 15 May '22
To be, in France
Sun, 1 May '22
French 101 verb
Mon, 11 Apr '22
French for "to be"
Fri, 3 Dec '21
Oh, to be in France!
Sun, 24 Oct '21
Raison d'___
Mon, 16 Aug '21
Raison d'___
Tue, 13 Apr '21
Raison d'___
Thu, 18 Mar '21
French 101 verb