porporter

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Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin *proportō, from pro- + portō (“I carry”).

Verb

porporter

  1. to carry
  2. (law) to bring (legal action, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of porporter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive porporter avoir porporté
gerund en porportant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle porportant
past participle porporté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present porport porportes porporte porportons porportez porportent
imperfect porportoie, porporteie, porportoe, porporteve porportoies, porporteies, porportoes, porporteves porportoit, porporteit, porportot, porporteve porportiiens, porportiens porportiiez, porportiez porportoient, porporteient, porportoent, porportevent
preterite porportai porportas porporta porportames porportastes porporterent
future porporterai porporteras porportera porporterons porporteroiz, porportereiz, porporterez porporteront
conditional porporteroie, porportereie porporteroies, porportereies porporteroit, porportereit porporteriiens, porporteriens porporteriiez, porporteriez porporteroient, porportereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present porport porporz porport porportons porportez porportent
imperfect porportasse porportasses porportast porportissons, porportissiens porportissoiz, porportissez, porportissiez porportassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— porporte — porportons porportez —

Descendants

  • English: purport (borrowed from the Anglo-Norman form purporter)
  • Middle French: pourporter

References

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