enchaucier

Old French

Alternative forms

• enchalcier (archaic)
• encaucier, encauchier (northern)
• enchaucer

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *incalciāre, derived from Latin calx (“heel”).

Verb

enchaucier

1. pursue, chase after

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of enchaucier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enchaucier			avoir enchaucié
gerund		en enchauçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enchauçant
past participle		enchaucié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enchauz	enchauces	enchauce	enchauçons	enchauciez	enchaucent
	imperfect	enchauçoie, enchauceie, enchauçoe, enchaucieve	enchauçoies, enchauceies, enchauçoes, enchaucieves	enchauçoit, enchauceit, enchauçot, enchaucieve	enchauciiens, enchauciens	enchauciiez, enchauciez	enchauçoient, enchauceient, enchauçoent, enchaucievent
	preterite	enchauçai	enchauças	enchauça	enchauçames	enchauçastes	enchaucierent
	future	enchaucerai	enchauceras	enchaucera	enchaucerons	enchauceroiz, enchaucereiz, enchaucerez	enchauceront
	conditional	enchauceroie, enchaucereie	enchauceroies, enchaucereies	enchauceroit, enchaucereit	enchauceriiens, enchauceriens	enchauceriiez, enchauceriez	enchauceroient, enchaucereient
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	enchauz	enchauz	enchauzt	enchauçons	enchauciez	enchaucent
	imperfect	enchauçasse	enchauçasses	enchauçast	enchaucissons, enchaucissiens	enchaucissoiz, enchaucissez, enchaucissiez	enchauçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enchauce	—	enchauçons	enchauciez	—

Descendants

• ⇒ Middle French: eschaussier
• ⇒ Norman: acauchier

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭncalciare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 617