avochier

Old French

Alternative forms

• avocher
• avoker (northern)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advocāre; adapted to the Old French elements a- +‎ vochier (the latter from Vulgar Latin *vocicāre).

Verb

avochier

1. summon
2. appeal

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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		avochier			avoir avochié
gerund		en avochant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		avochant
past participle		avochié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	avoche	avoches	avoche	avochons	avochiez	avochent
	imperfect	avochoie, avocheie, avochoe, avochieve	avochoies, avocheies, avochoes, avochieves	avochoit, avocheit, avochot, avochieve	avochiiens, avochiens	avochiiez, avochiez	avochoient, avocheient, avochoent, avochievent
	preterite	avochai	avochas	avocha	avochames	avochastes	avochierent
	future	avocherai	avocheras	avochera	avocherons	avocheroiz, avochereiz, avocherez	avocheront
	conditional	avocheroie, avochereie	avocheroies, avochereies	avocheroit, avochereit	avocheriiens, avocheriens	avocheriiez, avocheriez	avocheroient, avochereient
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	avoche	avoches	avoche	avochons	avochiez	avochent
	imperfect	avochasse	avochasses	avochast	avochissons, avochissiens	avochissoiz, avochissez, avochissiez	avochassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	avoche	—	avochons	avochiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: avoquer, advoquer
• → English: avouch, avoke, advoke

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “advocare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 202