achater

Old French

Alternative forms

acheter
acater (Old Northern French)

Etymology

From a- +‎ chater (compare English cater), ultimately from Latin captō, captāre, or from a Vulgar Latin *accaptō, *accaptāre, from the same source.

Verb

achater

to buy; to purchase

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 achater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		achater			avoir achaté
gerund		en achatant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		achatant
past participle		achaté
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	achat	achates	achate	achatons	achatez	achatent
	imperfect	achatoie, achateie, achatoe, achateve	achatoies, achateies, achatoes, achateves	achatoit, achateit, achatot, achateve	achatiiens, achatiens	achatiiez, achatiez	achatoient, achateient, achatoent, achatevent
	preterite	achatai	achatas	achata	achatames	achatastes	achaterent
	future	achaterai	achateras	achatera	achaterons	achateroiz, achatereiz, achaterez	achateront
	conditional	achateroie, achatereie	achateroies, achatereies	achateroit, achatereit	achateriiens, achateriens	achateriiez, achateriez	achateroient, achatereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	achat	achaz	achat	achatons	achatez	achatent
simple tenses	imperfect	achatasse	achatasses	achatast	achatissons, achatissiens	achatissoiz, achatissez, achatissiez	achatassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	achate	—	achatons	achatez	—

Descendants

French: achat, acheter
Walloon: atchter

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